Blog Post Week 11-Interview

The following is an interview by yours truly asking an up and coming author, Cody Davey about his new children's story which can be read here. (If he did it)
Q: How old were you when you first started writing?
A: I first started writing at the prime age of 17.

• Ahh, such a young, innocent age.

Q:What influenced your writing?
A: What  really influenced my writing was the support of my classmates and the people I had behind me. I could not have done it without them.

• Im glad I could help with your creation.

Q: Why did you start writing?
A: Well you see, I was given an assignment and I really did not want to fail, so I figured I should do it.

• Sounds like a good reason to me!

Q: What is your story about?

A: It is about a young rooster who gets called to war, and on his return to life on the farm he has to deal with his normal everyday life again.

Q: How did you come up with this story?

A: I brainstormed a few ideas and once I narrowed it down to this one, snowball effect; I kept rolling with it until it got bigger and better.

Q: What conflicts does your character face?

A: He goes to war, and when he returns home he has to deal with all of the animals not knowing what he went through.

Q: While writing your story, what problems did you encounter?

A: I lacked some motivation to get going and the intelligence to develop the characters well.

• Amen to that!

Q: How did you overcome these problems?

A: Hmm, I haven’t quite done that yet. I’ll get back to you on that one.

• I look forward to hearing it.

Q: What is one symbol of your story?

A: The rooster represents a Vietnam veteran soldier.

Q: Did you use other works to base your story on?

A: Yes, I used Rambo and the story Animal Farm.

Q: Who would you recommend to read your story?

A: Errrbody!

• I like the attitude.

Q: Who is your favorite character?

A: Rooster. He’s a champ!

Q: What is the title of your book?

A: A Rooster’s Call to War

• Makes sense...

Q: Is there foreshadowing?

A: There will be, sure.

Q: What kind of metaphors or similes do you use?

A: The good kinds.

• Those are the best kinds!

Q: How many pages is your story?

A: TBD

Q: Are there a lot of visuals to your story?

A: Yes, it’s a children’s book, duhh.

• Silly me...

Q: Did you enjoy writing this book?

A: Not really. I felt like it was not too much fun and a lot of unnecessary work and pressure.

Q: Were you pressured by the deadlines issued to this assignment?

A: Oh Yeah! There was not enough time to complete my masterpiece.

• Mhm, I heard that.

ME: Well Cody, it was great talking with you about your upcoming children's story and I look forward to speaking with you again in the near future. Goodbye.

CODY: Peace.

Story Rough Draft

Page 1:
In honors calculus a class did take place, with looks of confusion on every student's face. They tried and they studied and notes they did take. But there was always one student who never stayed awake.
Page 2:
He slept, he talked, he doodled all class. So when it came to the test he just couldn't pass. Instead of paying attention and doing his work, he just sat and complained and drove everyone bizzurk. His name was Cody; Cody the Turtle. And passing calculus would sure be a hurdle.
Page3:
Test day would come and when he sat in his seat, he could nearly feel his heart quickly skip a beat. He had no clue what could be on this test. For he was always too busy being a pest. Problem number one, find the answer for X. He would read the question and onto the next.
Page 4:
One day in class, the teacher exclaimed, "Test tomorrow on range and domain! Also, there will be continuity questions, instantaneous rate of change, and line progressions!"
Page 5:
Cody stared in disbelief, full of awe and shock. Class was almost over so he looked up at the clock. Half past two and school was almost done. He gathered up his books and quickly started to run. He ran all the way home and didn't look back and unloaded his books from his stuffed backpack.
Page 6:
It was three o'clock when he opened his book and was not going to stop no matter how long it took. He was determined to study to ensure he would pass because he was sick and tired of doing horrible in the class. An hour passed by, but not so much luck. Every problem he read he kept on getting stuck.
Page 7:
Things were going no where, so he decided to close his eyes. Before he knew it he was waking up to the sunrise. "I must have just napped", he said to himself. Then he looked at the clock that was sitting on his shelf. "Seven o'clock, hmm that's not too bad!" Then he sprung out of bed with all the energy he had. "Seven in the morning!", he nervously screamed. "All of that studying must have been what I dreamed!"
Page 8:
Math came around and he began to perspire. Then he noticed next to him the girl he admired. Tori the Turtle; the smartest in the class. Then Cody thought of an easy way he could pass. He sneaked a peek at her paper to check for the answer.

I had two more pages but they got deleted and I cannot remember what was written. More is soon to come. Enjoy.