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Twelve Dancing Princesses



     Inspired by Kendra Ardnek, I am now attempting to rewrite the Twelve Dancing Princesses.  Something about a short story, based loosely on an old tale, is a little easier to tackle than a full-length novel.  So I am doing this as a warm-up, as I get back into writing.

     But it is fun!!!!

     I had never read the Twelve Dancing Princesses before yesterday.  For a moment, I doubted that I could turn it into a write-able story.  (I need to find a way to do it without magic.  And I need to have a heroine that isn't an empty-headed flirt because I have no idea how to write a story with such a heroine. And I was a little intimidated by the fact that there are TWELVE princesses -- I can barely keep up with one on a good day, lol.)

    So here is my question to you:  What would you need to change if YOU were going to rewrite the Twelve Dancing Princesses?

    (And here is the original Grimm story: http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/175/grimms-fairy-tales/3061/the-twelve-dancing-princesses/)
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  1. Skye HoffertJanuary 3, 2019 at 6:12 PM

    Good luck! I'm not really sure what I would do, but knowing me I would probably try to find some way to flip the elements.

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