When a Jedi Master Gets It Wrong...

 by Charlotte Bennardo

Okay, I'm going to disagree with Yoda. His advice, "Do, or do not. There is no try." But that's EXACTLY what Luke Skywalker did; he kept trying until he mastered being a Jedi. NO ONE does something for the first time (like levitate a spacecraft) and is immediately successful. But he was PERSISTENT. Didn't the younglings practice their skills until they mastered them? Didn't we keep on trying to ride that bike until a parent let go and we rode? Don't we write and revise and write and revise (sometimes ad nauseum) until we get it right? That's persistence. And that's what kids can learn from Luke, from books and stories, and from life.

So, sorry Yoda. You're wrong. (And I'll bet HE had to practice his swordsmanship and moving things with the Force too! That is persistence.) 

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Charlotte writes MG, YA, NA, and adult novels in sci fi, fantasy, contemporary, paranormal, and romance genres. Her latest YA fantasy novel, The Excalibur Vow, just released and her sweet holiday romance, Christmas Bells, Hanukkah Lights, will be released by The Wild Rose Press, hopefully in time for the holidays. She is the author of the award-winning middle grade Evolution Revolution trilogy, Simple Machines, Simple Plans, and Simple Lessons. She co-authored the YA novels Blonde OPS, Sirenz, and Sirenz Back in Fashion. She is working on several children's and adult novels, and other short stories. She lives in NJ with her family and floofy cat Mink, and a squirrel who insists on digging up her geraniums.