Michael,
I'm sure you're right about this. I still haven't got a very clear cut
answer, though. In terms of reading age I should think eight and up -
but it's a love story, so probably more interesting to those aged ten
and up.
But actually it's got some quite adult stuff in it, so I'm still not
sure... I comfort myself with the thought that a lot of the most
successful books for children have a lot of material in them that adults
can get their teeth into as well. But I don't expect a commercial
publisher would see it that way.
Edward
On 06/10/2019 15:52, Michael Szpakowski wrote:
<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 the
joy 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]>
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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:
>
>
> Looking forward as well! - Is it possible to get one somewhere when
> we're in London?
>
> Thanks, Alan
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