If you read the back of the Five Glass Slippers collection, you will find this intriguing collection of tag lines:
So here is a fun game for you. Think about the Snow White collection of 5 winners. Imagine yours is one of them. What question could you pose to make people want to read your story?
Then, think about 4 other ideas that sound cool. Put them all together, with yours included. Tickle my mind with the ideas of what a collection compiled by you (with one story being yours) would sound like.
If you didn't write a Snow White story, then make up 5 tag lines anyway. I can't wait to see what you come up with!!!! :D :D :D
"What happens when Cinderella is so painfully shy that she cannot bear the idea of attending the royal ball?
Or when the slipper fits...but on the wrong girl?
What happens when Cinderella is determined to oust an imposter prince from her rightful throne?
Or when she's a cendrillon miner working from a space station orbiting a cthonian planet?
What happens when Cinderella, a humble housemaid, is sent with a message for a prisoner trapped in a frightening fairy circus?"I don't know about you, but that paragraph of five tag lines were incredibly captivating. I couldn't WAIT to read those stories.
So here is a fun game for you. Think about the Snow White collection of 5 winners. Imagine yours is one of them. What question could you pose to make people want to read your story?
Then, think about 4 other ideas that sound cool. Put them all together, with yours included. Tickle my mind with the ideas of what a collection compiled by you (with one story being yours) would sound like.
If you didn't write a Snow White story, then make up 5 tag lines anyway. I can't wait to see what you come up with!!!! :D :D :D
What happens when a galactic renegade is charged to find and kill a planet's rogue princess...or else?
ReplyDeleteOr when a queen is in a race against time to save her step-daughter from six evil dwarves?
What happens when an up-and-coming singer defies her narcissistic agent and releases a song that can make or break her?
What happens when 7 cowboys ride into town to set a land baron straight?
Or when an all-seeing mirror takes the problems of the kingdom into her own hands?
(The second line is the real one. The other four are ones I made up on the spot.)
DeleteOoooh, I really like that second one! Fairytales that flip the good/evil roles are so interesting. I also like the idea of a sentient, all-seeing mirror!
DeleteOkay, let me try my hand at this...
What happens when a mirror meant to reflect beauty reveals one's darkest fears instead?
Or when an obedient huntsman kills the princess and incurs the wrath of an entire army of dwarves?
What happens when Snow White wakes up in a lab full of other young women suspended in glass cases?
Or when a girl's seven imaginary friends are the only ones standing between her and her foster mother's schemes?
What happens when the prince refuses wake the sleeping maiden, and the keeper of the orchards must race to undo the apple's poison?
(The first was my real one. The rest were made up on the spot too!)
These are all so good! I would read them all.
DeleteI second what Skye said -- I would read them all. Those are SUCH good ideas, Tracey!!!
DeleteThat was intended for both of you, all of ideas are great!
DeleteThank you!
DeleteA Geisha wants to leave her confined life, with the help of a Samurai she plans to fake her death.
ReplyDeleteA girl accidentally befriends the human embodiment of the seven sins, chaos ensues.
A circus clown finds her world shatter, when she discovers the existent of fae.
Th Queen had good reason to kill her stepdaughter, her bloodlust is putting the entire kingdom at risk.
The third one is mine.
Oooh, I would read all of yours, too! I like the idea that Snow White is the one who set up the "assassination" of herself -- that's cool. I could see that backfiring, too, and creating a whole story-full of tangles.
DeleteSeven sins in one human form sounds pretty chaotic, for sure. I wonder how the girl will get out of that one.
I love number 3 because I know that story!!!
Mmmm...a bad Snow White...I'd be curious to read those characters!!!
Of course I already loved your real story, Skye, but I have to say those other ideas sound awesome too! I'd love to read about Snow faking her own death. Great twist!
DeleteThanks Esther, that was one of my first ideas for the contest. I might still write it.
DeleteThe other ones beside mine, I just brainstormed. So glad you liked mine.
Thanks Tracey! I still want to do that one.
I know I'm late, but...
ReplyDelete"What happens when a Gondorian prince sets out for the Lonely Mountain... and the Elven princess enchanted inside it?"
"Or when two Snow Whites, in parallel dimensions, are the only ones who know something is wrong with the story?"
"What happens when a space princess’ messages for help, sent through her dreams, reach the first Intergalactic Knight?"
"Or when a Renaissance princess awakens in the modern day... and the queen who enchanted her is still alive?"
"What happens when a time traveller, with the help of seven clock lords, races to find a princess lost in time?"
Try to guess which one is the real one. ;)
Grace, I would love to read all of these!!! Wow, they sound so good!
DeleteI saw your comment on a later post so I know which one is yours now. But I have to say I probably would have guessed the parallel dimensions if I didn't know the real answer. I love the one that is your real story though!!!
Aw, thanks so much! :)
DeleteFunnily enough, the only one that I had to make up was the last one (I had a bit of idea overload for the contest, you see). I may still write some of those someday, though. Who knows?