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the secret identities of the supers
Apr. 22nd, 2023 09:42 pmAn iconic part of the genre from the Golden Age -- though perhaps the only part that has taken more of a beating is the Kid Sidekick.
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ah brothers
Dec. 28th, 2022 11:56 pmTrebling can be fun when retelling fairy tales. You have the two older brothers who flub it. And then the third who succeeds.
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the devil in the details
Dec. 20th, 2022 11:51 pmSo when you are rewriting a sorta Sleeping Beauty tale, and the prince arrives and finds her --
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all you fairy godmothers
Jul. 28th, 2022 11:50 pmThey just keep showing up with stories.
However rare they are in folktales. Cinderella is usually helped by her dead mother's grave, or an animal connected to it. Followed by not needing any help, followed by help from a magical being whose test she passed, followed by a magical being who wants her firstborn, followed by an assortment of beings of whom a fairy godmother is only one.
At least mine are willing to be -- ehem -- Fair Folk.
However rare they are in folktales. Cinderella is usually helped by her dead mother's grave, or an animal connected to it. Followed by not needing any help, followed by help from a magical being whose test she passed, followed by a magical being who wants her firstborn, followed by an assortment of beings of whom a fairy godmother is only one.
At least mine are willing to be -- ehem -- Fair Folk.
an interlude needs more bite
Jul. 2nd, 2022 11:35 pm Character needed to grow up some, an interlude could show his character, I could throw in another fairy tale. . .
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some do, some don't
Jun. 7th, 2022 10:48 pmThere are witches who turn women into sheep and have them killed so they can slip into their place in the family and be in a position to marry off their daughters to a prince. Or just jump at the chance to be a stepmother.
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O Oriana: reflections on inspiration
May. 23rd, 2022 11:29 pmWas noodling around with ripping off an idea that was totally wasted in a story that went way too slowly.
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Dropping Info. And Frogs
Apr. 21st, 2022 10:27 pmThe heroine knows, of course, that the prince and oldest son talking about how the king set him and his brothers to finding brides is in the Frog Princess.
The trick is that it takes time for her to think about it, and the prince is speaking briskly, and doesn't have too much to say. She can't stand there and think all day.
And the Frog Princess is not one of those tales that everyone knows and will recognize with an allusion.
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The trick is that it takes time for her to think about it, and the prince is speaking briskly, and doesn't have too much to say. She can't stand there and think all day.
And the Frog Princess is not one of those tales that everyone knows and will recognize with an allusion.
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quest objects
Mar. 10th, 2022 11:03 pmNo people.
The heroine is telling a fairy tale, and I know she can't have the main character look for apples to cure the king. Or water to cure the king. Or a firebird which may or may not be needed to cure the king.
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The heroine is telling a fairy tale, and I know she can't have the main character look for apples to cure the king. Or water to cure the king. Or a firebird which may or may not be needed to cure the king.
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Well, not too far into the story, she knows all about the death of her uncle. Something about reviving him from the dead does not leave her room for ignorance, especially since they talk along the way. (Along with the fox.)
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what color are her eyes?
Feb. 26th, 2022 11:54 pmThe hero gets his first look at the heroine -- as red as blood, as white as snow, as black as a raven -- and I'm thinking, what color are her eyes?
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fun and games
Feb. 16th, 2022 07:33 pmThe heroine cheerfully informs me that between her studies and her playmates' chores, she and they play fairy tales.
She tells them the story from her lessons, and they act them out.
At least it gives me another way to slither in information short of her reading or reciting her lessons.
She tells them the story from her lessons, and they act them out.
At least it gives me another way to slither in information short of her reading or reciting her lessons.
tell me my story
Feb. 10th, 2022 11:49 pmWhen does the heroine get to hear her story?
The curse at the christening, the politics involved, why they know one prince is not THE prince. . . .
AND the reader's heard it all already, in living color, too, so how do I omit and summarize and put in something new to keep the readers awake?
How can I tell people that the prince in this story is evil? Have him kill his father?
Have me racking my memory for a story where a prince, however evil, kills his father?
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Have me racking my memory for a story where a prince, however evil, kills his father?
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