My Blog Fest
entry is a conversation between my eight
year old protagonist Rohit and the Tooth Fairy Catherine. Both, Rohit and
Catherine featured in a book I had written 14 years back. The book
was sent to just one publisher who fainted seeing its length. At 55,000 words
it was way too big for the target readers.
Read on to know more
about what Rohit and Catherine think of me.
‘I feel bad that
children will never hear about your story,’ Catherine turned to Rohit.
‘That silly
girl Rachna, really messed up my story,’ Rohit grimaced. ‘The book sucked.’
‘I
thought she had worked hard,’ Catherine twirled
her wand.
‘She wrote
my story in 13 days. There was no
brainstorming session, no plot outline, no character chart. Rachna just cut me
out from a sheet of cardboard and pasted me into the story. My character was
flat and one dimensional,’ Rohit shook his head.
‘She was
young and silly then,’ Cathy laughed. ‘She
put
more effort while working on me, forgetting that you were the
protagonist.’
‘Yep,’
Rohit said. ‘Her stupid book had no antagonist, there was no
sign of a conflict, no tension, no plot. The book was full of clichés, the writing style sucked, it
was an inflated story about a modern day fairyland. If I had written my own
story, I am sure it would have been published.’
‘Children nowadays don’t believe in fairies or fairyland. Perhaps witches or vampires would
have done the trick,’ Catherine said wisely. ‘Maybe, her muse was on an
extended holiday when she wrote about you.’
‘When
I see Harry Potter, Artemis Fowl, Percy Jackson, Billy Bones, I feel jealous. I
could have been famous, if that girl had worked hard on me,’ Rohit grumbled.
‘ I
have heard Rachna has plans of reviving
that particular project,’ Catherine whispered.
Rohit shivered. ‘ I don’t want to become a laughing stock in the
literary world. Do me a favour,’ Rohit pleaded with Catherine ‘make her forget
about me; a few spells should do the trick. Just zap her mind or whatever it’s
that you fairies do. I can live with jealousy, but not with the criticism she is sure to get if my story ever comes
out.’
Hope you enjoyed my entry. I am looking forward to reading all the other entries.
