06-15-2008, 05:11 PM
Nuh-uh, that won't fly. While you may not be able to control what direction she takes her story in, you have every right to make sure what she writes and what you write stay in the same damn person. Changing person between chapters is fine (The Amulet if Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud, and its two sequels are a very good example of well executed person and tense switching); but within the same paragraph? GODDAMN, NO.
Also, Xalex is a poor name. Alex is perfectly fine. Xale is a little odd, but still acceptable in a fantasy setting. Xalex, using multiple X's, is not remotely believable. No one would call their child Xalex. Unless they were straightedge.
If you can still find them these days, the Co-op books written by the childrens Authors Paul Jenning and Morris Gleitzman are also worth lookng at. Off the top of my head, they did Deadly! and Wicked!
Also, Xalex is a poor name. Alex is perfectly fine. Xale is a little odd, but still acceptable in a fantasy setting. Xalex, using multiple X's, is not remotely believable. No one would call their child Xalex. Unless they were straightedge.
If you can still find them these days, the Co-op books written by the childrens Authors Paul Jenning and Morris Gleitzman are also worth lookng at. Off the top of my head, they did Deadly! and Wicked!