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Re-Writing a fairytale!

swizzle123 · 2011-01-05 19:38:35

Hey, I have to re-write a childrens fairytale and make a book for it! I am soo not good at this sort of thing! Anyone have an ideas of a story I could re-write and how??! Thanks!!!:D

05-01-2011 08:38PM

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swizzle123

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Hey,

I have to re-write a childrens fairytale and make a book for it! I am soo not good at this sort of thing! Anyone have an ideas of a story I could re-write and how??!
Thanks!!!:D

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#2 05-01-2011 08:50PM

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If you'd asked us six months ago...
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055928167

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#3 05-01-2011 08:54PM

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thanks so much! Had a quick glance there must go have a proper look now!! Did i mention it has to be suitable for children under six????!:D

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#4 05-01-2011 09:15PM

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You did not mention that. But they grow up so fast these days...

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#5 05-01-2011 10:30PM

swizzle123

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pickarooney wrote: »

You did not mention that.

Whoops my bad!!!:P
Ya this is so true!!!

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#6 06-01-2011 01:35PM

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Read some Angela Carter she is a very good source.

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#7 10-01-2011 10:36PM

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re fairy tales,
I have tried to adapt a few such as Goldilocks and Little Red Riding hood. I must say they were only spontanious writings and drawings.
You can see them on Redbubble my gallery is called BarryB

They may give you a bit of inspiration, Bdeb

Ps. not sure if they come under art or writings

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#8 22-01-2011 09:38PM

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You could take a classic fairytale and put a twist on it, such as Cinderella and write it like the stepsisters were actually the injured parties or something. I did that once for an essay in primary school and the teachers seemed to love it.

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#9 22-01-2011 10:12PM

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Rewriting fairy tales almost seems like the norm these days.

How about Hansel & Gretel somehow avoid getting lost on their second trip into the woods, and when their parents make a third attempt the children are clever enough to get the parents lost, the kids make it back (following moss on trees learned from a travelling scholar paying for his stay by telling stories) and the parents end up at the ginger bread house and aren't so lucky

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#10 22-01-2011 10:44PM

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Hansel and Gretel's father was the biggest arsehole in the Grimm canon. The man needs to pay.

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#11 22-01-2011 11:37PM

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http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/harris/StudentProjects/Student_FairyTales/WebProject/Fairy%20Tales/Company%20of%20Wolves.htm

Great example in the above link.

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