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Today is the third part of my series on using fairy tales to write your own quest stories. For the first two parts see How To Start a Quest The Sticky Middle of a Story I’ve been working my way through The Leaves That Hung But Never Grew, which you’ll find in my collection of…
If you followed last week’s post on fairy tales you’ll have some ideas for sending your hero off on a quest. Now we come to the middle, where the story can often become bogged down and we have trouble working out what can happen next. Fortunately, fairy tales can help us. Remember The Leaves that…
Hello all! I’ve been filming some short pieces about myths, legends and fairy tales and how to write them. It was so much fun, I thought I’d share some of my thoughts here. This week, I’m looking at how to set your story in motion. As my example, I’ve taken a classic quest story – The…
