HYPE! Fiction Express is available!

[Joe Rice]

Check out my signature if you're interested in what sort of stories a group of awesome second graders could write. It is officially available to the public.

[i_mmmchocolate]

That's so awesome. I'm getting a copy.

[Joe Rice]

I've been giddy like a buffoon all day.

[Joe Rice]

Had dinner with a parent tonight . . .her daughter drew the cover and wrote the longest story. She got a look at the preview copy and almost lost it. Can not WAIT until everyone gets one.

[Joe Rice]

Oh, and any profits (I don't think there are any) just go to writing materials for the class.

[pennywisdom]

I can remember when I was that age (or even younger). We had a fiction anthology that I had a bunch of things published in. Reading those stories now makes me wince... they're beyond stupid. But it was fun at the time.

What are your students writing about? When I was that age, our creative writing consisted mainly of imitating our favorite cartoons, or retelling real-life stories with fictitious names in the place of our friends. IIRC, I wrote a Ninja Turtles pastiche featuring a ninja tiger character. Lame, but like I said, I thought it was cool at the time.

[Joe Rice]

It's a real variety. Some of them are slice-of-life stories with probably real-life origins, some of them are more sitcom-like. There are some romance stories and a couple of fun/crazy action pieces, too. Only a couple seem to be DIRECTLY inspired by a specific source.