Caroline Starr Rose

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New Use for Old Manuscripts

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My boys and I just re-discovered this particular book. Thought it would be fun to share with all of you again!

Cut in half.

Rustle up some silly kids.
Spread out on the kitchen table.
Set up a chart.

Number your pages.

Create a Choose Your Own Adventure Story.

(Ours is called THE BLACK DOOM and includes a haunted castle with a parking lot, an eyeless lifeguard [who later gets olives as eyes], lots of gorillas, a pool full of raspberry Jello, and an annual haunted castle pizza party).

Staple.

Enjoy!

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Filed Under: family, the writing life, this and that

Comments

  1. Natalie Aguirre says

    July 2, 2010 at 10:36 am

    Sounds like it was fun. Maybe you’re inspiring one of your kids to be a future author.

    FYI Heather Kelly is posting an interview with me on her blog today. Please come visit and say hi. The link is http://editedtowithinaninchofmylife.blogspot.com/

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  2. Candyland says

    July 2, 2010 at 11:21 am

    Ha. Looks like something my husband would do.

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  3. Jill Domschot aka Arabella says

    July 2, 2010 at 1:39 pm

    What is it with kids and monkeys (in your case gorillas)?

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  4. Valerie Geary says

    July 2, 2010 at 1:59 pm

    Love love love. My green soul thanks you for saving trees. Also… olives as eyes=perfect. Because you can eat them later if you get hungry. πŸ™‚

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  5. Caroline Starr Rose says

    July 2, 2010 at 2:08 pm

    Jill, yes! My boys are monkeys. Though I have to confess, I’m the one who started the whole gorilla thing.

    Valerie, I’m very big on re-using scrap. My local claim to fame is I raised enough of a stink for the parish to consider bringing in recycling. It was my students’ letters to the parish president that sealed the deal (I love that their voices were heard).

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  6. Jemi Fraser says

    July 2, 2010 at 2:09 pm

    Love it – that’s a lot of fun πŸ™‚

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  7. Weronika Janczuk says

    July 2, 2010 at 2:17 pm

    Haha, I love this! I’m big on recycling as well. Great minds think alike. πŸ˜‰

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  8. Rosalind Adam says

    July 2, 2010 at 3:13 pm

    I do miss having silly kids around. They grow up so quickly. Enjoy πŸ™‚

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  9. Adventures in Children's Publishing says

    July 2, 2010 at 3:41 pm

    Hilarious, Caroline! Happy 4th!

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  10. Kathryn says

    July 2, 2010 at 4:52 pm

    Awesome! I want to read that story!

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  11. Julie Musil says

    July 11, 2010 at 12:43 am

    This is great! Maybe I’ll try this with my boys, so they won’t think manuscripts are scary and evil (unless they want them to be!)

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