A few months ago, Erick found a book that had some "cool" pictures on it. The book is part of a series by an author named R. L. Stein and the series is called Goosebumps. Erick wanted to write his own "Goosebumps" books ... and so it started. He grabbed some lined papers, stapled them together and started writing.
He must be up around 30 or 40 books. At frist, he would skip 3 or 4 lines on the lined paper, but with a little encouragement, he now only skips one line on the lined paper and the books tend to be about 10 pages long.
The plots are generally all connected. At the end of one book, he introduces a new idea or character and then ends the book with a cliff-hanger that doesn't get resolved until the next book.
For seveal weeks, he would write about a book a day and then when we put the kids to bed, we would all assemble in Camille's room and Erick would read the book he completed that day.
His teacher really encourged him early on. Erick wrote a poem and his teacher loved it. She submitted it to the school's poetry book and it got published!
We're so proud of our author!
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