So this week, Kyra completed her big project for the Junior aMUSE badge set. Previously, she created a girl, and gave her a goal and something that concerned her, and listed some of her favorite things . For you writers out there, if you think this sounds like the start of a character sketch, you’d be right.
The final requirement is completing a play, poem, story, comic, etc. about your girl. Kyra wanted to write a play, with a part for everyone in her troop (fortunately, we’re a small troop and that’s only six parts).
I could not dissuade her. It had to be a play and we’re going to do a read-through performance at the next meeting.
So, she wrote the draft by hand, and then last night, set to work on my computer typing the whole thing out.
The Skateboarding Gals comes in at three pages and 457 words. The climax involves exploding garbage. I do not know why. I was not the creative consultant for that part of the project.
My favorite part is this:
Halley: I wish I could skateboard
Lilly Suzy and Sally: I’ll teach you
All exchange glances.
Lilly Suzy and Sally: We’ll teach you
Lilly: after the exploding garbage
Then they all ride off (on skateboards) into the sunset. After the exploding garbage, of course. What? You were doubting the happy ending?
I, for one, am looking forward to The Skateboarding Gals limited run in the library’s meeting room. It’s sure to be standing room only.
Writing Wrongs 
Awesome! If you can’t hear the applause from here, just turn up the volume! Love this!
Oh, thanks. She’s so excited about her play. She can’t wait for the next meeting.
This is more than awesome! Will you ask her if I could please (please, please, pretty please with expolding garbage on top) read the whole thing?