My goal will be to write for at least ten minutes of fiction per day, ie a minimum of 300 minutes by the end of the challenge. That doesn't sound like a lot but trust me- in this season, it is. I'm going to do a collection of short stories, specifically retelling fairy tales/myths,/fables/etc. I reached out to social media for people's favorites, thinking to use it as a list of potential stories I could retell, and here's what they came back with:
Beauty and the Beast
Thumbelina
Donkeyskin
Last Unicorn
Alien ("I don't think that counts as a fairy tale," I told my friend, "But challenge accepted!")
Robin Hood
Bigfoot
Baal/Anat
Eden Narative
Gawain & the Green Knight
Mountain Storm King
Monkey Saga
Paul Bunyan
John Henry
I also happened to come across Neil Gaiman's version of Hansel and Gretel the other day, so I added that to the list, as well.
There were other suggestions, but they were tales I've already done, so I left them off for now. But who knows what the future holds.
Stay tuned!
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