tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5192911483681988682.post5593026768616902340..comments2024-03-10T10:22:10.095-07:00Comments on Middle Grade Minded: Unconventional StructuresUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5192911483681988682.post-91112763618570432152018-11-14T12:46:36.043-08:002018-11-14T12:46:36.043-08:00Gosh, I really love this post! Such creative ideas...Gosh, I really love this post! Such creative ideas.S.A. Larsenッhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06241633272588383935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5192911483681988682.post-20123059248083455662018-11-12T17:39:35.240-08:002018-11-12T17:39:35.240-08:00Love that idea!Love that idea!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13229475786803393312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5192911483681988682.post-5106186885843017312018-11-12T09:40:13.764-08:002018-11-12T09:40:13.764-08:00These are all such good ideas. An innovation I tri...These are all such good ideas. An innovation I tried in my latest book, The Carnival of the Animals, (which is told in fairytale fashion) was to start each story with a variation on "Once upon a time . . ." Instead, they began, "Once upon a hillside in Provence . . ." "Once upon a field in Spain . . ." etc. It seemed to work. When I read it to classes, that was a feature they like.Elizabeth Varadan, Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01708206753256682635noreply@blogger.com