“Your book should be reviewed,” the librarian said. When her books were finished, Henrietta gave one to the librarian. The aunts were devastated, but Henrietta vowed not to brood over her rejection. We didn’t like it.ĭon’t quit your day job. We do not publish books written by chickens.Įven if we did, we wouldn’t want this one. Many, many, many months later, the publisher sent a rejection letter. I know how a chicken thinks and feels, and what a chicken likes to read. I am well qualified to write this story because I am a chicken. I am sending you the PERILS OF MAXINE, a book about a chicken. Now I’ll revise it until it’s perfect, then send it to a publisher.” The wolf howled in pain and ran off, never to be seen again. Then she plunged her sharp beak into the tip of the wolf’s tender nose. “No! RULE EIGHT: The main character must solve her or his own problem. “Maxine’s mother swoops in to save her in the nick of time.” “That is not THE END! Endings are the hardest part,” said Henrietta. When he stuck his head through the leaves, Maxine tasted the bile rising from her gizzard. When he was nearer still, she felt the heat of his icky breath. As he came closer, she saw his sharp teeth and smelled his wolfy body odor. “Not yet! RULE SEVEN: Make your story come alive by using all five senses. “I smell a delicious young hen nearby.” He started creeping to ward Maxine’s hiding place.
“Suspense, to make the reader worry,” Henrietta explained. “What if she hides? We hide from hawks every day.” “What if she shoots the wolf with a cyberspace ray gun?” “Maxine can’t be caught! She must save herself,” Henrietta said. Suddenly Maxine saw a wolf following her down the path. Maxine went walking alone in the woods, even though her mother told her it was dangerous. “Her mother should tell her that’s dangerous.” “What if Maxine goes into the woods alone?” RULE FOUR: Develop your plot by asking “What if?” Once upon a time there was a hen named Maxine. “Then I’ll make up a character,” Henrietta decided.
It starts with RULE THREE: Give your main character a problem, ” Henrietta explained. Once upon a time there was a hen named Aunt Golda. Henrietta found a typewriter and began to peck out a story. “The character should be interesting”, Henrietta read.Īunt Golda won because she was the oldest. She searched the shelves until she found a book about writing. One day Henrietta said, “Reading books is so much fun. Every day she read to her aunts, then returned the books to the library for more. Try the feed store.”įrustrated, Henrietta clucked at the top of her lungs. When it was Henrietta’s turn, the librarian said, “We have nothing for chickens here. When she spotted people carrying books out of the library, she went inside to wait in line. Soon she had read every book on the farm a dozen times, so she went to town to find more.
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