One literary challenge for me was that I had to learn more about plotting. I needed to create for myself a crash course in plotting to fix that. Psychologically, it proved challenging to write such a personal book. It was emotionally draining to keep digging backward to old feelings with each rewrite.
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What were the challenges literary, research, psychological, logistical in bringing it to life? What is it like being a debut author in ? Jason uses a wheelchair and is physically disabled. Because he is nonverbal, he uses a book of cards to communicate. Each card has a word on it, so he points to the cards he wants in order to create a sentence.
When Catherine first meets Jason, his disabilities frighten her and she is wary of him. In contrast, Kristi is cool and fashionable, and Catherine wants nothing more than to be her friend. When Catherine, who loves to draw, makes some word cards for Jason, she stops fearing his disabilities and they become friends.
She draws more and more cards for Jason, helping him communicate with personally meaningful words. Despite her concern, she and Kristi continue to be friends. When they get to OT, she starts to sketch Jason , a boy who can't talk. He tells his mother, and she yells at Catherine. However, when she gives him the picture, they become friends.
When she finally sees Kristi for the first time, David is screaming. Kristi's first words to Catherine are "Is he okay? The next time Catherine goes to OT, she agrees to help Jason by making more of his speech cards. While making the cards, David needs her to get a toy out of the fish tank, and she sees Kristi talking to Ryan , a very rude boy.
One day, Catherine's mom is making hamburger patties, as she intends to invite Kristi and her family over for a picnic.
However, Kristi is at her dad's house and they fail to meet again. Catherine goes to OT again, and she gives Jason her new cards. They talk, and Catherine agrees to make a lot more cards for him. While making the cards, Kristi is invited to her house by Catherine's mom, and they finally meet for the first time.
They talk for a very long time and play basketball, which means that Catherine has to miss OT. Catherine's mom brings back a present for Catherine from Jason, which is carrots for her guinea pigs.
The next time at OT, she brings the cards and a surprise for Jason, which is one of her own guinea pigs. While they go home, Catherine gets card stock and a paper cutter to make Jason more words. When they get home, Kristi is in the front yard with Ryan, and Ryan teases David with an empty gum wrapper.
The next week at OT, Jason wants Catherine to push Jason around in his wheelchair as fast as she can go, because he wants to know how it feels like to run, and she does.
The next morning, Catherine and Kristi go to the pool and swim, until Ryan comes and messes up the whole morning by making Kristi go with him instead of Catherine.
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