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Writing a Fairy Tale. Step-by-step Guide line

How to Write a Fairy Tale

If you are a good observer and you can imagine scenic dreams. Then pick a pen up and try to create a fairy world. Many modern fairy tales are a mixture of classical tales. No one knows how many stories have been written throughout the ages. These stories might be thousands of thousands. But have you ever thought about snow white, Cinderella, Aladdin and lamp, etc. these stories got fame in the whole world, in any language and culture? We know such kind of stories and characters evolve around us. But the tellers or writers kept them alive in books or visuals. We experience these magical scenes in our lives but a fairy tale writer put them in magically scenes. He attracts our attention toward his characters in an unusual manner. Because all of us dream and we overcome our weakness in our dreams. That’s why all of us like these dreaming scenes and imagine them as of ours. 

We are not really sure about the origin of all fairy tales but we can trace most of modern famous tales back in the 15th or 16th centuries. As some writers imagined the story of Cinderella who got married to the king of Egypt back in 7 BC. Even today fairy tales are a huge part of our lives. They teach us important morals, such as accepting others who are different or not talking to strangers and provide motivational tales of beating adversity and hardship. 

Instructions

Describe the setting and background. 

The start of any magical story should be very attractive aesthetically . You need to very imaginative to create scenes. Very beautiful mountainous, vast meadows represent the dwellings of good character. While gloomy, sorrowful atmosphere represents the evil background. For example, a nice little cottage in a forest is the perfect place to create a cozy, warm feeling. While a gloomy castle might set the scene of a dark, Gothic fairy tale. 

Moral lesson

Every story relates a moral lesson to a purpose. Before you start any story, you need to think first about the purpose and that purpose must be supported by a moral lesson. Where The reader can easily understand the scope of the story. By the scope we mean, the objectivity of the story. How the story can be perceived by the reader and that reader imagine the characters of the story as of his surroundings.

Main character 

The main character may not be very good in every aspect but he/she may be fancied by the readers. That character will have to be good in dealings. The reader may wish him/her to succeed. The whole story should revolve around that character. For example, the character of jack in the story, “jack and magic beans” is not very good in nature but we all love him and wish him to succeed in the ending. This character is mostly consistent in all actions.

Evil character 

There must be an opposite character to the main one. It has some special powers which cause pain to the good character. Both these two characters come face to face, they may conflict the same point. The evil character uses special powers to suppress the good character while the good character tries to compete with him with a positive attitude. 

Magical Scene

Design a magical character or object to write into the fairy tale. The magical character can be the evil character but many fairy tales have both good and evil magical characters that work to off-set the other’s influence.

Obstacles or challenges 

Identify then, create obstacles and way outs for your good character to face. Whatever the obstacle he faces should seem insurmountable and mostly requires a bit of creativity by your good character and a little magical assistance.

Happy ending 

In the end, all obstacles created by the evil must be vanished and your good character should succeed. This is called a happy ending. Your good character should sum up the purpose of the story. He should overcome all the hardships with patience and must be persistent in all his good dealings. In the end, you can write….. “happily, ever after.”

Bonus tips on writing fairy tales

Still, struggling to write a fairy tale? Here are some bonus tips to help you get writing.

1. If you lose inspiration, try reading more fairy tales and then try re-telling these fairy tales in your way.

2. Keep it simple, use language that all age groups can understand and read and avoid using complicated and long sentences.

3. Include words like, “Once upon a time” and “Happily ever after”.

4. Things happen in threes or sevens – It’s a common fairy tale tradition. This could relate to characters, events, or places. For example, the seven dwarfs in snow white or the three little pigs.

5. Send your hero on a quest or journey and show the changes to them on their behavior and personality on the way.

6. Common fairy tales follow the Good vs. Evil story plot.

7. evil characters are mostly punished for their actions and the hero is rewarded in the end in some way.

8. The challenge or obstacle your heroes face must be impossible to overcome without the help of a magical character or some special abilities. For example, only true love could break the beast’s curse in Beauty and The Beast.