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"The Writing Police"
I created "The Writing Police" character before I learned how to draw. Then I had to learn to draw my characters. Really!!
Our son, Trevor, came home from the fourth grade one day with a story that he had typed in class. They use the 'write, rewrite' process in our county schools. Write some of the story or essay in class, take it home and let Mama or Daddy edit, back to school and add a little more, more editing, etc. After the third time through, I whipped out the red ink pen and corrected the mistakes. Looked like I'd bled all over that paper! I took the red-marked story to my husband and said, "This is what Trevor's missing in school -- capitalization, punctuation, spelling, all grammar -- in this 'whole language' environment they're teaching in the county schools." He looked at me, with his classic Johnny Carson smirk and said, "Who do you think you are, the writing police?" I knew he was being funny, but, yes, I am. "That's my job as a parent, to fill in the Swiss-cheese holes in our son's education," I said. "The teacher can't be there all the time, so that's my job. Filling in!" That night, I couldn't go to sleep. I kept hearing myself ask "What would a writing police officer look like?" A ream of paper, a gross of pencils, four months of self-instruction later, and I was ready to show the world that I could draw about two levels above stick figures.
The Writing Police officer, Woodruff (Woody) B. Papier, is now the character in a series of children's "mystery" books. Each book is a mystery that involves a different piece of punctuation or grammar and what happens when that piece gets lost or misused. Current titles include "The Writing Police and the Case of the Missing Commas" and "The Writing Police and the Point of the Perplexing Periods." "The Writing Police Makes an Exciting Point" is also in the works. "The Writing Police" series is designed primarily to entertain, but with the mnemonics and rules introduced in each book, kids are learning while they are having fun reading.
Each volume is $14.95 or two for $20.00 (that's 33% off!). Enter Coupon Code "TWP2420" at checkout. They make great gifts!
Johnnie W. Lewis
THE CASE OF THE MISSING COMMAS
In The Case of the Missing Commas, Woody, The Writing Police Officer, is called when all of the comma keys on all of the computer and typewriter keyboards throughout the school are missing! The students all learn what happens when commas are missing, while The Writing Police Officer races around the school trying to find the missing keys. Chaos reigns!
THE POINT OF THE PERPLEXING PERIODS
In The Point of the Perplexing Periods, The Writing Police Officer receives a note from his children who want to go see the BackSheet Boys when they come to town. But they misplaced their periods throughout the note, which changes the meaning of their writing, making it look like the Writing Police is doing bad things! A teacher had read the note at school and she wants to talk to Woody, which means.... Havoc ensues!
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