Lessons from Grimm: How to Write a Fairy Tale

Uncover the fairy tale secrets that made the Grimms famous.
By analyzing Grimms' fairy tales from a writer's perspective, you can learn how to write better fairy tales faster.
Historical fairy tale author Shonna Slayton spent a year blogging through Grimms' fairy tales looking for patterns that have made these tales so endearing. With this guide at your side, you can quickly learn these techniques for yourself and apply them to your writing.
Perfect for teenage writers and up, beginning writers will learn basic storytelling techniques while more advanced writers will hone in on specific tips for writing fairy tale magic and themes. By learning from plenty of examples from both well-known and more obscure tales, you'll come away with a fresh perspective on Grimms' fairy tales and lots of ideas for writing your own fairytales.
In Lessons from Grimm, you'll study how the Grimms handle key elements of character, setting, plot, fairy tale magic, and theme.
- quickly brainstorm ideas
- streamline the creative process
- create endearing fairy tale characters
- build on time-tested plots and themes
- write a better fairy tale
Bonus! Includes comprehensive lists of characters, settings, plots, romance tropes, magic objects and more, saving you hours and hours of research time.
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