<creating something for my own amusement first, and wondering whether there
might be an audience for it afterwards. Usually there isn't, but I still prefer
it as a working method.>Indeed - and under most circumstances I agree 100%
-indeed it seems to me the only honest way to make things *in general*. I'd
only differ when it comes to work intended for non adults in the sense that
there are clearly *some* ( and one wouldn't want to overplay this)
developmental issues at stake -just think of the rapidity of change in
childhood and adolescence compared to even twenties onward. So, to give an
extreme example, *some* adults will struggle with Ulysses ( and a personal
hands up - three times a third of the way in, full of thejoy of it, and three
times grinding to a halt especially if something shiny elsewhere catches my
eye) but, I'm willing to bet ,*no* five year old has read it. I'd emphasise
that these are linguistic, stylistic and structural, not content related,
considerations.
So it actually seems to me a perfectly legitimate and helpful consideration to
specify a broad age range for which a piece of work intended for children is
aimed and indeed once during the writing, once that range starts to become
clear to then have it at least a little bit in mind.My mantra with work with
children in terms of language, structure has always been 'just beyond what the
top expectation for the age range would be'.None of this remotely a criticism
of the book which, as I said, I loved.
Purely pragmatically too I suspect you might shift more copies if you were
able to suggest who might really get the most out of it, and it deserves to
find its audience.Michael
On Thursday, October 3, 2019, 5:36:34 PM GMT+1, Edward Picot via
NetBehaviour <[email protected]> wrote:
Thanks, Michael!
Target age range - er, I'm never really sure about that kind of thing. Eight
and up? Ten and up? Early teens with goth tendencies? The truth is that Mollie
and I came up with it to amuse ourselves. I'm always falling into that trap -
creating something for my own amusement first, and wondering whether there
might be an audience for it afterwards. Usually there isn't, but I still prefer
it as a working method.
An audience of 62 year old artists in their gardens in the early October sun
will do me just fine.
Edward
On 02/10/2019 14:59, Michael Szpakowski wrote:
I just read it - it’s very good :) Elegantly and satisfyingly plotted and
without a trace of condescension to its potential audience. Dances once the
edge of darkness but has a warm, and this seems an appropriate word, heart. The
illustrations are lovely too. I’d be interested to know what you see as the
target age range Edward ( apart from 62 year old artists sitting reading it in
their gardens in the early October sun)
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On Sunday, September 29, 2019, 7:53 pm, Edward Picot via NetBehaviour
<[email protected]> wrote:
It's not in any bookstores, Alan. But if I manage to get along to your
presentation at the ICA, which I'm hoping to do, I can bring a copy with me.
On 29/09/2019 19:40, Alan Sondheim wrote:
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> Looking forward as well! - Is it possible to get one somewhere when
> we're in London?
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