tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173408054965817352.post5620856906580391944..comments2024-03-15T09:26:02.796-05:00Comments on PROJECT MAYHEM: Considering Common Themes in Middle-Grade BooksProject Mayhemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05154342399869089664noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173408054965817352.post-53851705504995281752017-04-12T14:03:24.349-05:002017-04-12T14:03:24.349-05:00Thanks for this very helpful list! Thanks for this very helpful list! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12096812798403971108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173408054965817352.post-28287779778670239482017-03-13T09:29:46.500-05:002017-03-13T09:29:46.500-05:00Great list. Often books are a combo of these choic...Great list. Often books are a combo of these choices. I'm working on an MG that is a perseverance/love combo.Aileen Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02066806537340730938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173408054965817352.post-6101979340329327232017-03-12T19:37:57.796-05:002017-03-12T19:37:57.796-05:00I am writing one now which reveals curiosity (in t...I am writing one now which reveals curiosity (in the past) and brings about transformation. Discovering a past relative and the way of life 150 years earlier, makes a girl appreciate a world without digital apps even though she was once addicted to her cell phone.janeButteryhttp://janebuttery.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173408054965817352.post-65727319757870096702016-10-21T07:28:33.717-05:002016-10-21T07:28:33.717-05:00What about self-discovery? Or is that not meaty e...What about self-discovery? Or is that not meaty enough to base an entire book on? (I am so filled with doubt!)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02154203410700372943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173408054965817352.post-86834650873294758932014-02-25T15:43:27.831-06:002014-02-25T15:43:27.831-06:00Good point, Marissa, there are often several concu...Good point, Marissa, there are often several concurrent themes or some hybrid theme...like the Narwhal...which is part Whale and part...Nar???<br /><br />And the coconut milk? Yeah? I don't recommend.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11515723254886059806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173408054965817352.post-39167589659219977932014-02-25T15:41:40.293-06:002014-02-25T15:41:40.293-06:00Sounds like an obstacle for you to overcome. ;) Ki...Sounds like an obstacle for you to overcome. ;) Kidding...thanks for reading!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11515723254886059806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173408054965817352.post-9015647513015667162014-02-25T15:41:09.091-06:002014-02-25T15:41:09.091-06:00And thank you for reading, Michael! And I really c...And thank you for reading, Michael! And I really cannot recommend lemurs enough...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11515723254886059806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173408054965817352.post-55918343120526489112014-02-24T15:53:25.397-06:002014-02-24T15:53:25.397-06:00This is fantastic. I resonate with the scalpel ana...This is fantastic. I resonate with the scalpel analogy as I often don't know which direction my books are going. It's only after many revisions that I begin to see a theme take shape. <br /><br />I think a lot of books have variations on several of these themes. PI think mine have to do with self-discovery as well as friendship and courage.<br /><br />But coconut milk? Really? I think I'd spit it out, too. ;)Marissa Burthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13079821721448782710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173408054965817352.post-61890040082903182112014-02-24T10:09:52.844-06:002014-02-24T10:09:52.844-06:00Over coming some obstacle, although the book I was...Over coming some obstacle, although the book I was thinking of isn't coming to me at the moment.Brendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13260139292374478327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2173408054965817352.post-50920576736087204292014-02-24T08:26:39.621-06:002014-02-24T08:26:39.621-06:00Now you mention it, my books lean heavily on the a...Now you mention it, my books lean heavily on the acceptance/perseverance dyad thematically. I could probably be more expansive if I had my own lemur...<br /><br />Thanks for this post, Joe. I think the theme was Honesty.Michael G-Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07947421844294471304noreply@blogger.com