HOW TO WRITE BETTER FAIRY TALES - DEAN AMORY
Complete course on writing Fairy Tales (aka Wonder Tales)
Complete course on writing Fairy Tales (aka Wonder Tales)
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Long, long ago, soon after sky and earth had become separated so that there was room for<br />
trees to grow and the tribes of men to move between them, many gods and spirits still lived in<br />
the world. (Maori)<br />
Long, long ago, when powerful dragons still lived on the land and in the seas...<br />
Long, long ago, when some folk were already dead and others not yet born, there lived a<br />
...(Tartar)<br />
Long, long ago when stones were soft...<br />
Long, long ago, when the world was new and the animals could talk...<br />
Long, long ago, when there was less noise and more green on the broad banks of Lake<br />
Baikal, (Tartar)<br />
Long years ago, in the early ages of the world... (Hungarian)<br />
Many hundred years ago in a country across the sea, there lived...<br />
Many years ago, in a time when memory was young... (India)<br />
Not in my time, not in your time, it was in the old peoples time...<br />
Not in your time, not in my time, but in the old time, when the earth and<br />
the sea were new...<br />
Now here's a story I heard tell...<br />
Now little one, I will tell you a little story. Ever so long ago there<br />
lived...<br />
Now, look see. I wad'n there then so I could'swear ëtwas the truth, could I now? But ëtwas<br />
like this, see... (England)<br />
Now we are about to begin and you must attend! And when we get to the end of the story,<br />
you will know more than you do now. (Andersen)<br />
Once long ago, in a little town that lay in the midst of high hills and<br />
wide forests...<br />
Once on a time when pigs was swine...<br />
Once on a time and twice on a time, and all times together as ever I heard<br />
tell of...<br />
Once on the far side of yesterday...<br />
Once there was...<br />
Once there was, and twice there wasn't...<br />
Once there was and was not in ancient Armenia a man who was very poor... (Armenian)
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