Lessons from Grimm: How to Write a Fairy Tale (Lessons From Grimm Series Book 1)

**Uncover the fairy tale secrets that made the Grimms famous.** A poor man. A son. A girl. A mother. A king and a queen. Twelve brothers. The Grimm stories are about all kinds of people. From peasants to kings. From murderers to priests. Not to mention imaginative creatures like giants, elves, and water nixies. In fairy tales, there are few limits on who we can create or the stories we tell. Our characters don't necessarily have to look or act a certain way. A young woman can have impossibly long hair, or a man can turn into a lion during the day. And an innocent looking spindle can change the course of a kingdom's history. In Lessons from Grimm, you'll do a deep dive into how the Grimms handle key elements of genre, character, setting, plot, fairy tale magic, and theme. Bonus! The appendix includes comprehensive lists of characters, settings, plots, romance tropes, magic objects and more, saving you hours of research time. Get Lessons from Grimm today and get started writing your own magical 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 ideasstreamline the creative processcreate endearing fairy tale charactersbuild on time-tested plots and themeswrite a better fairy taleBonus! Includes comprehensive lists of characters, settings, plots, romance tropes, magic objects and more, saving you hours and hours of research time. Get Lessons From Grimm today and get started. "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. 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. Includes comprehensive lists of characters, settings, plots, romance tropes, magic objects and more, saving you hours of research time."-- from publisher