Old Bones: Retelling Stories
Take a look at Dominik’s PowerPoint slides here. There is some great material about retelling old myths and fairy tales!
Now do your own retelling! Here are some things you could try:
• Start the story at a different point (after the original story finished, or before it normally starts).
• Set it in a different time, place, or genre (make it modern, science fiction, noir, or a western).
• Tell the story from a different point of view (from the villain’s perspective, or a minor character, or even a total stranger who wasn’t in the original).
• Replace one of the central images we discussed earlier (Cinderella’s shoe as a phone, the beanstalk as a business building, Pandora’s Box as a computer virus).
• Change a character to explore issues of gender, sexuality, race, disability, mental health, etc.