I wrote my daughter a book. Its hero is a third-grade girl named Harper Lee Williams, who travels in time with her grandpa to visit cowboys.
I wrote one chapter a mystery called The Farm Sleuth. When I asked my daughter if she enjoyed it, she said, “It was like there were magnets drawing me to other books.” I kept the central character but rewrote the story as a time-traveling adventure. The Time-Traveling Truck was born.
My favorite part was writing a chapter during the day and reading it to my daughter at night. She was a good editor.
“What’s going to happen next?” That was a sign I had done good work.
“It needs more of a twist!” That was a sign I needed to revise.
I hope to do this again.
Learning Together 