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What Is A Fractured Fairy Tale?
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Begins with: Once upon a time…
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A fractured fairy tale is a story from the fairy-tale genre that has in some way been flipped, reimagined or restructured. You can create a fractured fairy tale by being creative with any of the elements of the fairy-tale genre.
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Ends with: And they all lived happily ever after.
Talking animals and monsters
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fairy-tale genre
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Used to teach children a lesson
Magic or fantasy
Fight between good and evil
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To fracture a fairy tale, you could do one of the following:
The woodsman is not brave and runs away from the big bad wolf
Have well-known fairy-tale characters meet
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Change the narrative perspective
Describe the three little pigs from the wolf’s perspective
Change the problem in the story
The wolf in Little Red Riding Hood is lonely and just wants to make some friends
Change the resolution in the story
Prince Charming ends up marrying one of the ugly sisters
Write a different ending
The frog princess actually hates being a princess and wants to be a frog again
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Change the character traits of the characters
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