Reading this, if I were trying to write any fiction beyond extremely short pieces I'd appreciate the commercial head up. But as a reader, "retold fairy tales" is an entire genre (in the popular sense of the use of the word). All fairy tales are retold. The brothers Grimm were remaking new stories. And I don't think there is really an end to the potential to imbue them with new meanings. Of course it can be done badly, as what can't. As a reader, I'd love to see a really first rate horror writer tackle Hansel and Gretel. Child abandonment, imprisonment by a serial killer, during a time of horrifying poverty - maybe the thirty years war.
Time to slay. Vampires of the world beware!
Buffybot ,'Dirty Girls'
The Great Write Way, Act Three: Where's the gun?
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
Typo Boy - Oct 12, 2008 7:57:53 pm PDT #976 of 6687
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Lee - Oct 12, 2008 8:06:22 pm PDT #977 of 6687
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
The push drabble is now closed.
The new prompt is hush
Deena - Oct 13, 2008 7:32:43 am PDT #978 of 6687
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Gar, as an editor, I'd like to see that story too.
Barb - Oct 17, 2008 11:22:59 am PDT #979 of 6687
“Not dead yet!”
Caffeine gods, I implore thee, help me out, for I have signed up for NaNo. Another YA writer asked if I'd do it to keep her company and since I need a good disciplinary spanking, I figured this was as good a way to go.
Anyone else doing it? I'm on as Barb Ferrer with the space and everything.
Anne W. - Oct 17, 2008 11:24:59 am PDT #980 of 6687
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
I'm seriously contemplating it, Barb.
Amy - Oct 17, 2008 11:57:44 am PDT #981 of 6687
Because books.
Is it cheating if you already have something started? Maybe I could finish the zombie book ...
Barb - Oct 17, 2008 11:59:29 am PDT #982 of 6687
“Not dead yet!”
I don't think it's cheating at all. I mean, yeah, the idea is that you write a novel from scratch, but phooey to that, I say.
When I did it in '04, I already had like 20K on LUCKY THIRTEEN and added another 65K during NaNo. So I neither started nor finished it, but I did do a big, horkin' chunk of it and met the 50K goal, so I considered myself a winner.
Amy - Oct 17, 2008 12:00:00 pm PDT #983 of 6687
Because books.
Hmmmm.
Lee - Oct 20, 2008 4:49:33 am PDT #984 of 6687
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
The hush drabble is now closed.
The new prompt is machinery.
Liese S. - Oct 20, 2008 7:08:07 am PDT #985 of 6687
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Oh, no, is it NaNo time again? I usually try, but fail pretty miserably. Only this year, I won't be traveling for the holiday, so maybe...
Glutton for punishment.