Unfortunately, my cat idea has quickly become too complicated. I wasn’t sure exactly how to portray a cat wanting to act like a bird or a fish without making the issue seem too trivial, and I wasn’t sure how I could explain without sounding patronizing or too confusing to a child. I thought perhaps that this idea would work much better if it was actually written as a novel or a graphic novel, which could give greater depth to the idea and also perhaps simplify it a little for a younger audience – though possibly not quite as young as 5 or 6.

Being unsure about what idea to create now that I have abandoned my cat idea, I have instead decided to address an issue is that is quite close to home to me. The idea of using anxiety struck me one day while I was attempt to sketch out a few ideas. I knew that children often experience anxiety when they are left alone, for example. I thought that this idea would work because children would understand it more as every child experiences it at one point.

More on this idea to come later, when I’ve thought about some more ideas.