Once Upon A Time: the Dark Fairy Tales Challenge

[TheRedLantern]

I'm actually a bit worried, because I've barely written anything for weeks and all my fairy tales are languishing like so many princes waiting to be rescued by an ogre.

You're ahead of me. I have 3 characters, one sentence of a plot, no character arcs, and 2 works in progress ahead of this, one in revision and one still being drafted. Also I have no clue how to write a fairy tale so it's basically just a fantasy story.

 

[iwatchus]

I'm actually a bit worried, because I've barely written anything for weeks and all my fairy tales are languishing like so many princes waiting to be rescued by an ogre.

They are just waiting for a kiss from the plot bunny to spout into new complete fairy tales.

 

[StillStunned]

Also I have no clue how to write a fairy tale so it's basically just a fantasy story.

Once upon a time, there lived a Plot Bunny. And that Plot Bunny had three children, called High Fantasy, Erotic Nightmare and Fairy Tale. Of those three children, High Fantasy was the eldest, with grand ideas about changing the world and using magic as a force of good. Erotic Nightmare was the middle child, dark and brooding, with fits of an almost fey wildness. The youngest was Fairy Tale, who was whimsical, and often shared the moods of both their siblings, but through it all was true to their own nature.

(Note that I'm not trying to imply that high fantasy as a genre is older than fairy tales.)

 

[TheRedLantern]

Now I need to think of how to make "sex magic" whimsical.

 

[StillStunned]

Now I need to think of how to make "sex magic" whimsical.

That's what makes writing so much fun!

 

[Husky_Embrace]

So far I have 3 characters, a shadow of a character arc, only one very sexually frustrated woman in 10888 words and at best hinted at the man seeing her masturbating and then mislabeling it.

I found a way to shoehorn some sex into the upcoming part where a bit of character development happens, but it'll be a tough beast to make it seem natural.

I'll write some soon again, hopefully. My work has stress at an all time high, so I don't feel like writing. Maybe I should and see if it A) helps my mood, B) helps my writing. Muses often are caused by high stress stuff, good or bad, are they not?

I did start another short story and got two new ideas. If only I was blessed with great writing skills and the ability to write thousands of words a day.