Monday, February 25, 2013

Fairy Tale Writing Prompts

For today's creative writing prompts, we are going to look at fairy tales. 

Free-Write: Invent a new fairy tale by taking an old favorite and mixing it up a bit.   You can change the ending, add characters, or change the plot. Try free-writing for 10 minutes and see where it takes you. 

For the Brave:

Below are two links to Poets.org The links will take you to poems.  One is "Fairy Tale" by Ron Padgett.  Notice how the poem is all in one stanza, but there are 3 distinctive parts.  One is the description of the elf, the next part is the place where the elf is, and the third part is a short monologue by the elf himself.  What effect do you have when you read the poem?  How do you think the way the writer organized this influences the effect?  Discuss it in your class or reflect on it in your journal entry.  Do writing practice by describing another character that might appear in a fairy tale, then follow it up by place (it can be a place in the present) and then of course, a short little monologue of what your character has to say and what he or she is planning (but don't give us too many details).  Take this as writing practice and feel free to share what you have.

Here is the link that also provides an audio track if teachers would like to play it for the class:

http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/19923

The next link I'm going to give you is a sad poem called "A Fairy Tale" by Jennifer L. Knox.  This is your warning!  It pretty much brought tears to my eyes (pardon the cliche).  You can write a sad, modern day tale or a happy one.  It's up to you.  Below is the link, and don't say I didn't warn you!

http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/2320







5 comments:

  1. Hmmmm...I may have to give this one a shot.

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    1. Yes, but which one? Feel free to post what you come up with and thanks for your comment!

      Anjie

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  2. I like this concept. I tend to give prompts from visual images, single loaded-words, poetry/literature, as well as flat out questions. This is a fine twist on the poetry/lit prompt. Hope you offer more of these in the future.

    Peace and all good things for you in writing and in life.

    Diane

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    1. Thanks, Diane. I have a lot of prompts in the archives if you are interested in them. Thanks for your good wishes. I hope the prompts are helpful. Stay in touch and peace back to you!

      Anjie

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  3. I will write about when sleeping beauty turns evilLLLLLLLLLLLL!

    It all started when sleeping beauty was sleeping in her castle and the wicked witch came to her and changed herself in to sleeping beauty's mother. When sleeping beauty woke up the next morning her mother told her that if she ate the apple that her mother had a ll the problems will be solved and that she will be the best princess ever. But, when she ate the apple she had the feeling the the lady wasn't her mother and then found out that it was the wicked witch. in a about a second the beautiful princess had a wicked heart because the apple turned the person that ate it in to a wicked witch. In the meanwhile the other princess Cinderrella found out about the problem and went to her fairly godmother. But, she was turned evil,too.Then, Cinderrella went on an adventure that she never wanted to go to. She got help from Shrek still. The cute princess had to find the golden apple from minecraft world and got help from Steve. She gave the golden apple to the copy machine, who made more. then she saved evryone who was evil. THE END
    the copy machine is a thing the can make a copy of any thing.

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