The Susan Plan

1. Feel the fear and do it anyway

2. Connect your story with kids or your target audience your level

3. Write about whatever you want, such as tooth fairies, chocolate cakes, fat cats and more

4. Understand that wee & poo are what young kids love and find hilarious (remember Pingu weeing on the floor?)

5. Try to find a target audience for your stories or poems

6. Poems are plotless stories

7. Unleash your inner Wordsworth

8. The target audience you will write for will become your biggest fans

9. Try to figure out what your poems are aimed for

10. Celebrate every achievement and fear with pride

Chigadaging

WARNING:

This song from Rough Guide To World Playtime is really addictive - it's like a playful romp through a Hawaiian village, or going out to play with Lilo & Stitch, or even better...travelling the world.

Remember that Incredible India advert where a man writes about his adventures and scenes are shown of his Indian romp around the country? Well, what I see in my head is just like that, but instead of live action, it's live action AND animation mixed together.

Remember Roger Rabbit and Chip N Dale? It's just like that.

Picture this: Furaha and Orko. Two little globetrotters who travel around the world riding on rickshaws, walking across the villages and streets, trying new foods and engaging in new and exciting activities. If you don't think about The Story Makers long enough to see these images of these little globetrotters enter your head, then consider yourself lucky. Mind you, I really think those Tales From Far Away in The Story Makers are adapted from ancient folk tales, myths, parables and fables that'd make children who were watching in 2002 understand the concept of world culture and moral values - I mean, the Tales From Far Away story featured in the VHS 'Park' was a shadow puppet story of a donkey, narrated by Milton himself....

Nine Lives

We all know cats have nine lives

Us humans have nine lives too

But did you know toons have nine lives?

Oh, I bet you do!

Dastardly & Muttley compete in Formula 1,

Pink Panther is captured in a zoo,

Huckleberry Hound is in the dog pound

And fame is lost for Betty Boop

Charlie the cat is chained for slaughter

Queer Duck lives in a housing estate

Mr Magoo had an eye operation

Benjamin is used as government bait

Mighty Mouse is called the worst

Captain Caveman is now quiet

Felix the cat got euthanized

Woody Woodpecker leads American riots

Jamie and Wordsworth are drug addicts

Fiver & Hazel are experiments for a lab

Droopy has depression and is suicidal

And to Roobarb’s delight, Custard is in rehab

Dumbo’s mother is shot by hunters

The Grinch is sentenced to jail

Babar, like Pink, is caged in a zoo

And Yogi Bear starves and is frail

Peter Pan grows up and can no longer fly

Noggin The Nog grows old

Tintin is killed on a mission in Bombay

And Lady and Tramp are 40 years old

Willo The Wisp is a low ranking male

Pepe Le Pew cheats on his wife

Alice, like Jamie, is a drug addict

Mr Toad has a mixed up life

Hong Kong Phooey ain’t the real star,

The Snowman ain’t real either,

Captain Pugwash is named for being rude

And Flik got eaten by Fiver

Top Cat’s owners got run over by a car,

Bambi coped with death too (you all know how!)

Foghorn Leghorn no longer stutters

And Snow White has mad cow

Ginger and Rocky are circus stars

The Powerpuff Girls are tired of plain’

Baloo and Mowgli are a gay couple

Fritz The Cat thinks STD is a pain

Winnie The Pooh has eczema

Snarf is ignored and left behind

Sorcerer Mickey’s ‘magic’ is fake

And Ariel has nothing on her mind

Donald Duck has lost his voice,

Scooby Doo is morbidly obese,

Wile E Coyote caught the Road Runner

Bod’s been infected by yeast

Inspector Gadget’s been called boring

Pikachu, like Fiver, is a lab rat

Spider Man falls every time he swings

Ivor The Engine is a prat!

Samurai Jack’s been taking Aku’s medicine

Hank Hill is a cowboy in the West

Tommy and Chuckie have all growed up

And Snoopy has moved to a bird’s nest

Pongo and Perdita have parenting problems,

Optimus Prime’s gentle and kind,

Dougal can’t stop talking about the Sunday Times

Tweety made Sylvester make up his mind

Orko’s the best wizard in the world,

While Lumiere overthrows Belle,

Steamboat Mickey’s dancing the night away

And Daffy Duck’s raising hell!

Uni is thrown into a pet shop

Spongebob has all dried up

The Ninja Turtles are fat from eating too much pizza

And Bender has the hiccups

Pinocchio’s nose is a clothes rack

Danger Mouse’s eye was gouged out

Popeye took spinach instead of steroids

Mike and Sully let Boo cry and pout

Marvin The Martian has failed again,

Roger Rabbit has committed suicide,

Ren & Stimpy aren’t toilet trained

Magic Carpet gives hippies rides

Wallace & Gromit are blackmailed,

Nemo is fried in a fish and chip shop

Jack Skellington flips when there are no decorations

And The Iron Giant hates balloons that pop

Fred Flintstone needs a shave,

Bugs Bunny’s causing roadblock

Mr Incredible’s household is a mess

And Chihiro’s life is under a rock!

Simba is chained by his neck in the zoo

Shrek needs to be cleaned for being dirty

Brian and Stewie have stolen the show

With Bo Peep, Woody was flirty!

Oh my god, they killed Kenny,

And Tom & Jerry are in love with each other.

The Simpsons are number one, top dog,

So I guess that’s the end, oh brother.

So the next time you see any of these toons,

Just remember this, my friends:

These toons all have a cat’s nine lives

You never know where they may end.

Cradle Hammock

In Penelope’s garden,

In the heat of the day,

Penny and I sleep

While the butterflies play

Their wings whoosh on the breeze

The sounds of nature gently call

The tsst of a sprinkler is heard feintly

Dampening the garden wall

I snuggle next to Penelope

My big sister and best friend

She had sworn to protect me

Until her life must end

The butterflies flutter around us

A peaceful lot they are

Where are all the exotic ones?

They must be very far

A butterfly suddenly lands on my nose

My eyes shoot open in alarm

But they’re just insects, so who cares?

Butterflies do no harm

Peering out of the hammock, I see

Leaves falling from the trees

One lands right on my nose

It seems nature has a landing place - me!

I try to shake Penelope awake

So she could see for herself

But suddenly the hammock tips over,

And both of us fall with no harm to ourselves

We laugh and laugh in happiness

Then cuddle and nose-kiss

When you have a sister like Penelope,

Life is totally bliss!

I always love days like this

When Penelope and I play together

Friends always look out for each other

No matter how sunny the weather.

CBeebies 2002 Fan Mail Promo Idea - Bill & Ben - Slowcoach

CBeebies Fan Mail Promo - Slowcoach
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The Beth Plan

1. Never give up

2. Draft, then re-draft

3. Keep trying on your search for a publisher

4. Keep your stories true - no matter how many used characters you may have

5. Do it when you feel like it

6. Never be too afraid to change the plot

7. Keep your ideas somewhere where they can be safe and never be stolen (i.e. Google)

8. Get plenty of sleep so your brain will be fresh

9. Face rejections with positivity

10. Try every publisher or agent you may find

    

The Jenna Plan

1. Read more

2. Do whatever makes you less stressed (e.g. writing in written books, drawing in the style of Bluey, writing on Kindle Notes, etc.)

3. Write with a plot

4. Write a plan to help you out

5. Remember to add an introduction to the story

6. Use the formula: Introduction-Plot-Ending

7. Never give up

8. Focus on the upvotes and views on Reddit

9. Share your ideas on Reddit

10. Just be yourself.

    

Eddsworld - Fan Service 2

Hey guys,

Recently I had a big meltdown about not getting friends, but now it's time I exposed the truth about why I had this huge screaming fit in the process:

Months ago, before I changed, I had this enormous screaming fit right here at Key, making my friends cry and even belting out the F word right then and there, causing my support worker to drag me out screaming and kicking. This has to be the worst day of my life, and lost me the friends I trusted from the moment I left my annoying school. It made me think my life here in Scotland is getting really cruddy, even when the pandemic hit, I lost my friends. I was fine with it before, but now I feel really scared and upset.

So, to all my fans, I would like to thank you all for visiting my blog. You have all shown some wonderful support even without commenting, through all the meltdowns and tantrums I've had from day 1 in my new life. All this yelling and screaming lost me some friends - if I DID have a fight at school, I'd turn into a criminal. But you guys always support me, even if I don't know you...because....because....*sniff*...I love you all.

As a way of saying thank you, here's a little clip of Matt from Eddsworld reacting to a weird fanfiction of Edd, Tom and himself he was sent in the mail by one of his fans.

Children's TV On Trial 1960s

At last!

Lady Penelope and friends - EXPOSED!

In this video, you can find out about kids' TV in the '60s, and see all the groovy psychedelica that leads us from one show segment to the next.

Be warned that this video contains footage from the most upsetting Thunderbirds episode ever made, The Perils Of Penelope, which sees my best Thunderbirds friend in a dangerous situation which will leave many fans of her in tears. In fact when I saw the first half of it after writing Missing Sisterhood the day before, I immediately gave up on watching it because of how emotional the story is - the young man punching me in the face, the bad dream of Penelope being consumed by demons, and Parker's story of his childhood friend Johnny and how he can see the moon to remind himself he is always there for him.

Luckily, other shows covered during the programme include:

Play School

Blue Peter

Trumptonshire

Tom & Jerry

The Magic Roundabout

Clangers.

Enjoy the show!

Chicken Soup For The Soul: Angels All Around: Angel Soup

An app based on Australian aboriginal and ancient Chinese culture, inspired by the story in Chicken Soup For The Soul named 'Angel Soup'. In the story, a girl named Marya is visited by a lady who claims to have stayed with her to play Go Fish, show her card tricks and sing in a different language. By playing with this sensory app, you'll learn about Australian aboriginal and ancient Chinese culture through a series of soothing games such as:

• Playing Go Fish (there's a 2 or 3 player mode, too)

• Learning words in Chinese and Australian aboriginal language

• Interacting with some Brother Bear-like spirits in the lights in the sky

• Finding out what your spirit animal represents to you with special tarot cards the lady produces from her bag

• Using a magic powder to send Marya to the spirit land and transform her into different Chinese or Australian animals

You'll also get to do some breathing exercises and draw your own animal spirit to see come alive in the spirit land.

Sarah & Friends: Sarah & Penelope's Quiet Time

In the Creighton-Ward Mansion, Penelope and I have a place where we can go to indulge in a bit of 'us time' when not out on missions. It is called the 'Quiet Room', where there is a huge bed in the middle of the floor for us to sleep on, as well as a bath and some spa equipment in this huge room. This quiet, soothing sensory app will invite users to join me and Penelope in a bit of quiet time if they've had a hectic or rough day. Activities include:

• Breathing along with me and my bear, Pink Teddy

• Touching the still, pristine waters of a lake in Africa

• Listening to lullabies while watching me and Penelope sleep

• Listening to a comforting mindfulness story involving the senses

• Watch some soothing scenes involving me and Penelope indulging in a quiet spa session

Great for wind down time. The lullaby mode also has two modes: 10 minutes or 20 minutes, or you can watch it in full. Plus, the app has no adverts or in app purchases, making it more simple for those seeking a bit of tranquil relaxation.