- Level
- Mixed
- Basic and Premium Members Prices
- Basic Member Pricing: $30.00
- Category
- Characters
- Description/Setting
- Editing
- Dialogue
- Structure
- Genre
- GMC
- Worldbuilding
- Writer's Life
- Class Length
- 2 Weeks
Fairy tale retellings are very popular for a reason. They use tropes and characters that we're familiar with. For instance, the Cinderella story is a common one across cultures and centuries. Learn how to use these familiar and beloved characters in stories and give them a different twist.
- Fairy tales, mythology and archetypes – why we love retellings.
- How to brainstorm twists for your fairy tale worlds.
- Writing a story that's the same, but different. Keeping familiar elements while adding your own ideas.
- Backstories of some well-known tales – they didn’t all start out the way you think!
- Giving your story the fairy tale flavor even if it's not faithful to the original story
- Fairy tale inspired – you can use the idea as a starting point for your own story without having to stick to the original tale.
- Class Format
- Savvy Authors' workshops are held on a forum: a bulletin board based system. You will receive a reminder notice one day prior to the start of the workshop that includes instructions on how to access the workshop forum. If you have not received instructions by the day the workshop begins, please check your spam filter.
The forum will be available the morning (EST) of the day the workshop starts and will remain accessible to all participants thereafter. You will also be given simple instructions on how to create a PDF of all your discussions along with our privacy and data retention policy.
Please note that you do NOT need to be online at a specific time to access the lectures. This is NOT a live video based class.
