Creative Writing Gone Bad
11-year-old gets suspended from school for 35 days for a creative writing project that the principal deemed 'threatening'.
Dylan started writing his novel, titled "Costume Party," on Oct. 1, and in two days had polished off 10 chapters. Students in his English class urged him to read some of it aloud on Oct. 6, and Dylan said that even his English teacher "didn't have a problem with it."
The story describes a boy named Dylan at H.B.T. Middle School "who adored his teachers like he enjoyed honey," but who was "bullied and pushed around by everyone bad enough to be evil."
The Dylan in the story decides to incorporate plots from horror movies into a scheme for revenge. As in the "Halloween" movies, the killer dons a plain white mask, knives and bullets fly at unsuspecting targets, and bodies are found in pools of blood.
Dylan said that other than sharing his name, he had nothing in common with the main character of his novel. "He just has my name - there's nothing about him that's like me at all," Dylan said. "I just thought it would be neat to take one of these movies and change the setting."
Dylan started writing his novel, titled "Costume Party," on Oct. 1, and in two days had polished off 10 chapters. Students in his English class urged him to read some of it aloud on Oct. 6, and Dylan said that even his English teacher "didn't have a problem with it."
The story describes a boy named Dylan at H.B.T. Middle School "who adored his teachers like he enjoyed honey," but who was "bullied and pushed around by everyone bad enough to be evil."
The Dylan in the story decides to incorporate plots from horror movies into a scheme for revenge. As in the "Halloween" movies, the killer dons a plain white mask, knives and bullets fly at unsuspecting targets, and bodies are found in pools of blood.
Dylan said that other than sharing his name, he had nothing in common with the main character of his novel. "He just has my name - there's nothing about him that's like me at all," Dylan said. "I just thought it would be neat to take one of these movies and change the setting."
# | December 07, 2003