Fairy Tales

Monument to brothers Grimm on the market place in Hanau. (Hessen, Germany) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

With the release of the new movie “Hansel and Gretel”, yesterday’s writing prompt from NaNoWriMo was to rewrite a classic fairy tale into a new genre. What would Cinderella do in a dectective story? How would Snow White be as a mob boss for the dwarves that put out a hit on a rival gang? It got me thinking hard about this prompt. I happen to have the complete works of the Brothers’ Grimm. I started reading through it yesterday. I haven’t come across one that hits that certain twang on my writing bone yet, but I’m sure it’s in there.