With all the great feedback I received on my Janegirl Camp related blogs, I wanted to make sure I didn't lose any of them, so I'm going to be linking them here. Mostly, I'm doing this for my own reference, but I imagine others might be interested in the blogs related to this story as well. If you're wondering where I got the term "janegirl" I actually found it in a blog post by Erin Fletcher titled, "Father cut's sons hair, Mother is livid" on Mon, 2021/07/26.
I've been thinking about trying to expand on my Janegirl Camp story. I sorta felt one thing that might move the plot along would be having Zee and the other campers getting involved in different activities. I've come up with a few ideas, but I've been struggling to come up with any really interesting ones, so I thought I'd try asking others for suggestions.
So, if you have any ideas for activities boys who have varying degrees of interest in dressing or acting like girls, or activities that any kid between the ages of 10 and 12 might find fun, please let me know! Also, if you have any suggestions or ideas of what might be interesting to include in this story, I'd love to hear them! :)
I've been working on the next chapter of Janegirl Camp, where Zee, Raine, and Jess join a Gender Chat session hosted by Mrs Shepherd. After everyone there introduces themselves, I was thinking of there being a gender themed question and answer session, but I'm not sure what sorts of questions might be interesting. Does anyone have any suggestions of what gender themed questions you might have asked, if you were a kid between ten and twelve, while being a camper at Janegirl Camp?
I was thinking about Janegirl Camp being split into 3 age groups, and each group would attend camp at different times. The first group would be ages 7-9, the second group would be 10-12 (Zee's age group), and the third age group would be ages 13-15. I was also thinking of giving each group a different name, but I'm not sure if I like the names or not yet. The first group would be called Caterpillar, the second group would be called Chrysalis, and the third group would be called Butterfly. I kinda like Butterfly, but I was worried some kids would go "Eww...bugs!" to Caterpillar, and Chrysalis might seem a bit boring.
Anybody have any thoughts about the group names I was thinking about, or what other names might work? I'm planning on naming the camp cabins after flowers, so I'm not sure about doing the same with the age groups, but it's still something I'd consider. If you have any other ideas about the age groups, I'd love to hear them! :)
I've been working on the next chapter of Jangirl Camp, and seem to be running into an issue I don't think I've ever run into before. Zee seems to be feeling separation anxiety when his dad is saying goodbye to him at camp, and I'm really feeling guilty about separating them. I know it's something that needs to happen for the story to continue, but the actual scene is feeling a lot more difficult to write than I'd expected.
Does anyone have suggestions on how to write a scene where a parent and somewhat clingy child are separated with the least amount of trauma?