To recognize "Encourage a Young Writer Day," News 12 spent some time with a 10-year-old from Orange County who just released his first book, a high-energy adventure comic book about a journey with his dogs.

During a recent visit at his Port Jervis home, Andrew Budd shared with News 12 a little about his story-building process and where he finds his inspiration.

Budd is a breakdancer and says he thinks of his best project ideas when he is moving.

He first started creating at age five.

His main medium was flipbooks, having created countless ones over the years.

His first one was about 'Mr. Stickman,' "who likes to fly around," Budd said.

His most recent work -- his breakthrough book "The Adventures of Cooper and Abby" — is 30 pages of text and illustrations inspired by his two pet dogs.

Budd has been on a local media tour promoting the book, finding himself reading to his old kindergarten class, doing radio interviews, and appearing at book fairs.

"Cooper! Abby!," he read from the book. "I have fixed the spaceship!"

He has also been selling snippets of it around the community to promote it.

Child authors are organizing.

The Society of Child Book Writers and Illustrators said that after a dip in membership during the COVID-19 pandemic, the organization's membership is back above 20,000 authors, it opened new offices and is starting new workshops.

Budd said he does not scour the internet for ideas or to help develop his writing; his passion is with actual, physical books.

Several studies have found that constant exposure to digital stimuli contributes to concentration problems at school.

Budd's creativity does not stop at his dogs, and he's considering making characters out of other animals.

"They're just very cute," he said of dogs, generally, "and for some reason now I'm starting to like more cats."

Budd said movement helps him think clearly.

Even flipping on his trampoline gives him ideas for new characters.

"It makes me think of making superheroes that can jump really high," he said.

Budd said he is not completely sure if writing is going to be his career, though he plans to study writing in college, and plans to keep writing as long as ideas keep coming easily.

The book, released by Writer's Republic, is available on all major bookselling platforms.