I'm doing a series of fan-fic fairy tales based on the HP characters, and centering around Harry and Draco. And I had plenty to start with, but I'm starting to run out of steam. I'm on fic 5 now, with only 25,000 words to show for it, and I was hoping each would be much closer to 10,000 each.
So far I've done:
Princess and the Pea
Cinderella
The Nightingale
King Thrushbeard
And I'm now working on Rapunzel. Which will probably be somewhere around 5000 words.
I've got a few more chosen (The Frog Prince, Aladdin, Ladyhawke, Puss in Boots, the Seven Swans, and the Snow Queen), but they're not as exciting to me as those first four, so I'm looking for more inspiration here.
Does anyone have any favorites that haven't been over-done (in particular, the old Disney classics...) that fit into that same genre type?
I'd be forever grateful...
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2005: Chrysalis - winner!
2006: stalled out
2007: Draco's Dreams
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Nov 15, 2007 - 18 08
Time to hit up the library, and look up Grimm's Fairy Tales. THe real ones, not the sanitized disney versions. The Little Mermaid was an unbelievably sad story.
All of those old fairy tales are a lot darker and more interesting than popular culture would have them.
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Nov 15, 2007 - 20 02
Bluebeard
Pandora's Box (not exactly fairy tale, kind've close)
Hansel and Gretel
The Singing Bone
Rumplestiltskin (sp?)
The Golden Goose/Jack and the Beanstalk
Puss in Boots
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Nov 15, 2007 - 20 32
Dragonchilde - Oh, I know. I love the Grimm tales. And Hans Christian Andersen. Though I'm trying to stay away from Little Mermaid and a few of his others, because they end so unhappily. The Steadfast Tin Solder? I was just thinking about that last night...
Love fairy tales. Mostly, I just need the oomph to get somewhere.
Thelemonbandit - not sure if I want to use Bluebeard, but Pandora's box is an interesting idea...I might be able to do something with that.
What is the Singing Bone? I don't think I know that one.
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Nov 16, 2007 - 00 49
Don't forget Little Red Riding Hood, Goldilocks, and The Three Little Pigs!
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Nov 24, 2007 - 20 45
There's always Sleeping Beauty and Snow White. you could also do a version of Beauty and the Beast.
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Nov 25, 2007 - 07 37
Thumbelina?
I didn't know any fairy tales as a kid, heh. There's a huge number listed on Wikipedia, from cultures across the globe.
~Ally~
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Feb 11, 2008 - 14 12
well, this isn't a fairy tale like the ones above, but it is a fairy tale. Tithe by Holly Black. Sort of a novel, but you can probably get a lot of ideas from it. so yeah....... hope it does something for you
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Feb 16, 2008 - 04 34
My favorite has always been the 12 dancing princessess (and I can say I liked it WAY before Barbie butchered it into a ballet movie).
Go to your library and checck out a book of fariy tales... or Google would work too...
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Jun 14, 2008 - 08 24
Aesops fables has some good short material for this sort of thing. you might have to add a lot though.