One Year Adventure Novel

Sometimes it is just too exciting being part of The Old Schoolhouse’s Review Crew! 

The BEST thing we’ve been asked to review so far this year (at least in Everett’s opinion!) has been the One Year Adventure Novel.  Daniel Schwabauer has put together a DVD course to guide your high school student in writing a novel length story, bringing it from concept to completion… all in one school year!  I can say that this honestly would count as a highschool Creative Writing credit, AND look exceptional as an addition to ANY student’s portfolio! 

My son, 15, who has always written stories, from one line stories as a little tyke to … well, how about I let him tell you about it, and the One Year Adventure Novel in his own words:

One Year Adventure Novel was terrific. It really helped me get a move on my story. I have wanted to be an author my whole life, but every time I made a story something seemed to be missing. Now with Daniel Schwabauer I am writing a book that actually keeps my attention, instead of allowing my mind to drift off leaving me uninterested and looking for a new story idea.  The one downside is that the book he encourages you to write is supposed to only be twelve chapters long, but that’s ok, I’ll just have to make really long chapters or make it my own by adding in more chapters.

Mr.Schwabauer teaches everything on how to make your story captivating – to make your reader not want to put the book down, not even for even a second. Thanks Mr. Shwabauer!  I’ll send you a copy of my book when I’m all done!

Here is an early excerpt from the book my son is writing…

Faragorn gazed out of his window, watching the heroic Warhawk Riders practice swordplay and flight on the back of their breathtaking steeds, the griffins.  Faragorn sighed, wishing that the day would pass quickly. Tomorrow would be Faragorn’s fifteenth birthday, and as was the custom, he would be taken to the Hall of Eggs.  If an egg were to hatch during his vigil, the hatchling would be his and someday he would have a chance to join the ranks of the Warhawks.

Since childhood, his dream had always been to earn the title of Warhawk Rider. He and his friends had all made little wooden swords and rode around on broomsticks, pretending to attack enemies and fly to the exotic cities of the South. Now at the precipice of realizing his life goal, Faragorn exhaled deeply and sat back down on his tiny cot.  What if no egg hatched?  Or if one did, could he become the type of Rider that would be a famous Warhawk who killed a hundred men in a single battle?  Or would he only ever attain the lowest rank of Rider and become some noble’s Lowling?

Included is a Teacher’s Guide (don’t panic, it’s only to give you an idea of what is going on, nothing involved), Student Tests (IF  you want to use them, we are not using them), 7 DVDs and a Resource CD with some classical literature, desktop wallpapers (LOVE the DESK top one… wow!), and many FAQ videos, a workbook, and a “text” book.  The Curriculum’s cost mightbe a little daunting at first sight, $199, BUT it is worth more than that by far (shhhh… don’t tell Mr. Schwabauer I said so! *grin*)… just the look on my in-law nay-sayer’s faces will be worth any cost when my son, the “poor homeschooled kid who will be socially backwards” (of course - *rolling eyes*) presents his book to them for the first time, well.. yes, that will be a tiny bit of a Mommy Pride moment for me, I have to confess.

If you aren’t sure if it’ll work with your teen, there are free sample lessons you can download and check out with no obligation. 

As a review blogger,  I am provided a free copy of the book, curriculum or product to test and use in order to write an honest review. I receive no other compensation and the opinions I share are my own and not influenced by the company in question.

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