"I'm going lesbian with my NaNoWriMo!" So declared one of the eighth grade girls in our writing club today.
"No!" her friend advised. "Don't do that!"
"Why?" asked the first student.
"Because," answered her friend, "you should just go ahead with your planned plot, and then just slip the lesbian thing in. That way you can tell the story, but you won't alienate anybody."
Her friend seemed unconvinced.
Once I picked my jaw up off the floor, I marveled to myself at how much things have changed, not only in the 21 years I've been teaching, but more so even in the last 3 or 4. Not a single student thought that this conversation was anything but two writers talking about their craft.
Wow.
"No!" her friend advised. "Don't do that!"
"Why?" asked the first student.
"Because," answered her friend, "you should just go ahead with your planned plot, and then just slip the lesbian thing in. That way you can tell the story, but you won't alienate anybody."
Her friend seemed unconvinced.
Once I picked my jaw up off the floor, I marveled to myself at how much things have changed, not only in the 21 years I've been teaching, but more so even in the last 3 or 4. Not a single student thought that this conversation was anything but two writers talking about their craft.
Wow.
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