The First Book of my 10-year-old son – “My Missions with Valvion”!
A couple of months back.
The pandemic was in peak; lockdown was
going on everywhere. We almost forgot where our door keys were lying.
Kavyanil, my son, was promoted to
Class V in June, this year. His online classes are over by 1:45 PM. Now, the
big question arose those days – What to
do after the classes?
Poor boy! What he would do as none of
his friends in the society came out to play!
Harry Potter, Wimpy Kids, Geronimo Stilton – all books he finished which
were sitting in the book corner of the house.
“Mamma, can I play Roblox now,
please?” a question I had to face in every few hours of interval. He used to
get “Yes” from me two or three times in a day with a disclaimer – “Play! But,
only for one hour!”
Interestingly, whenever he saw me
being busy in my meetings, he never missed those chances. He would stand
silently in front of me with both the hands joint (Namaskar) and make an
innocent face, “Can I play computer games, please, Mamma!” And, I didn’t have
any option or time to argue with him other than saying “Yes!”
Ooh! It was really tough to manage
his time. One thing I started doing, I made him write his diary before going to
bed. I felt good. But, gradually, I observed, he hardly took 5 or 6 mins to
finish his writing.
I wondered and asked him what
actually he used to write. I had to invade his personal stuff. And I found
out that everyday, same sentences were repeated.
Alas! I understood his issue. No new
thing was happening, so the poor diary had to bear the same stuff. So, Kavyanil
happily did the no-brainer work! In computer language, “Copy and Paste”! 😊
I changed my mind. I forced him to
write about his imagination, fantasy. And it worked!
Kavyanil started jotting down his
imaginations in his diary, which eventually turned out to be his first book.
Thanks to @Notionpress which was ready to publish the book.
I am really excited to share this with all
of you! Please do bless him, and wish him luck in his writing journey.
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