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Guest - Jessica Aspen
Good morning! Today's guest, Jessica Aspen, has some great hints for twisting our familiar fairy tales around. Fascinating reading!
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How
to Twist a Tale
by
Jessica Aspen
What do fairy tales, romance and werewolves have in
common? A writer’s imagination.
Inspiration comes in many forms and I find my
inspiration in fairy tales…with a twist. Since I was small I’ve loved fairy
tales. And I’ve read many versions of both traditional and twisted tales. When
you read them over and over you come to recognize their universal themes that
appear not just in children’s books, but also in many books that are not fairy
tales at all. But how does this happen? How do you take a story, like Little Red Riding Hood, and make it into
something so different that, when readers pick it up, it resonates in their
hearts with the traditional elements, but also contains something surprising.
You add the unexpected.
I’d twisted fairy tales before, but when a contest
came up for Red Hot Fairy Tales, the one that stuck in my brain was Little Red
Riding Hood. And since I love paranormal werewolves seemed a natural fit.
That’s how Little Red Riding Wolf was
born. And of course, since all paranormals need strong women, Red isn’t a
little girl. She’s all woman, and she’s the werewolf.
But what about other tales? How do authors twist and
turn old tales into something special, something different, something new? I
think when we look at Snow White and the last year’s many twists we can see
that the basics of a fairy tale lurk within the new stories, and as long as an
author keeps some recognizable pieces, there are unlimited ways they can go. One
of my favorites twists this year has been Once
Upon a Time. The TV show on ABC
features Snow White as its underlying theme. Sure it uses other fairy tales,
but the main characters from the original tales that show up the most are Snow,
Charming and the Evil Queen. Now the twist.
The show’s plot is based on what happens after the
HEA (Happily Ever After), ie. the happy couple’s baby is the only one who will
be able to negate the oncoming curse. Once you twist the end result, it’s easy
to go back and twist the back story. In fact, it is required. Why? Because, if
you read the original fairy tale, the Evil Queen is danced to death in red hot
iron shoes. In other words, she’s dead. So that needs to be remedied. And while
you’re at it, why not make Snow a strong heroine who rescues the Prince. Have
the dwarves be criminals. The Prince a commoner. Why stop?
Take Snow White, same basic story of a dysfunctional
family with no dad and an evil stepmother, move it into the Colorado Rockies
and add werewolves. That’s how I wrote my next book, Snow and the Seventh Wolf. Keep the commonalities and change the
setting. Change the ending. Change the beginning. And while you are twisting
the plot, don’t forget to hang on to something of the original story to make us
feel the theme. Apples. The number seven. Innocence wronged.
With movies such as Julia Roberts, Mirror Mirror, and Snow White and the Huntsman, we see yet more ways to twist the
classic tale, Snow White. Even the Three Stooges have a version, nuk, nuk, nuk!
How many ways are there to twist a classic? As many as there are stars in the
sky. Good thing, because I love fairy tales and I’ll be twisting them until
they all have happy endings.
Come
into the woods with Little Red Riding
Wolf, Jessica Aspen’s spicy paranormal novella from Passion
in Print Press.
What if Little Red Riding Hood was a werewolf and a sexy forest ranger wandered
into her woods?
Fraternizing with humans is taboo, but when feisty werewolf Red
runs into hunky new forest ranger Evan Brewster, she jumps on the opportunity
to let loose her desires. Evan is stoked when he meets the petite red haired
hottie, and combined with his new discovery of wolves in Colorado, thinks his
career and life are made. Then Red pushes him away, her hostile brother
threatens his life, and things begin to spiral out of control. Caught between
her sexy lover and her pack can Red trust Evan with her secrets, or must she
sacrifice her human lover and her heart?
Discover an excerpt of Little Red Riding Wolf
at Passion In Print Press HERE, or buy
at Amazon HERE
or Barnes and Noble HERE.
And
coming in 2013, discover the second novella in the Twisted Tales: Come into the Woods series: Snow and the Seventh Wolf. Deep in the woods can Snow’s only hope
really be a werewolf who thinks she’s the enemy?
Fleeing
a murder attempt, Snow runs deep into the woods and straight into the arms of a
mysterious dark stranger. Exiled werewolf Seth knows he should turn his back on
the human, but he’s unable to resist the delicious temptation of Snow. Can Seth
overcome his prejudices in time to save Snow from death at the hands of her
evil stepmother?
BIO: Jessica
Aspen writes paranormal romance near the foothills of the Colorado Rockies. Her
books are full of elves, were-wolves and sexy men who walk on the dark side of
the knife. She loves dark chocolate, walking the dog, hiking and is obsessed
with her new lap-top. Jessica is also obsessed with writing and learning about
writing. She is a member of RWA, CRW, FF&P and PRO.
You can find Jessica at http://jessicaaspen.com
Follow Jessica on twitter @jessicaaspen and on
Facebook.com/Jessica.Aspen
Discover Little Red Riding Wolf at Passion In
Print Press HERE,
or Amazon HERE
or Barnes and Noble HERE.
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3 Responses to "Guest - Jessica Aspen"
I've noticed several authors doing their own take on fairy tales lately and I really enjoy it. Thank you.
vsloboda(at)gmail(dot)com
Love twisting fairy tales, and I've enjoyed reading them for years. Glad you find them a fun read. They seem to have hit their stride this last year, guess the fairy tales have knocked the vamps off of the top of the mountain. :)
I too find it fascinating with the upgrading of the fairy tales. I am loving the vamping up the fairy tales to more adult themes.
roya-clan@sbcglobal.net Mary Roya
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