The Stories, the Myths, the Folklore

The first thing that drew my attention was " 10 Ways To Kick-Start Your Writing At Halloween ." I love reading mystery and suspense books because they are the easiest to imagine. I also love Halloween, so that was a bonus. The article talks about 10 things that can be used to jumpstart a great story and those tips do not only have to be used for scary stories, they can be created into other stories that draw suspense or center around a specific character. Some of the tips included: isolating your character to create suspense, use a ticking clock to build tension, slow the pace of the story to drawn it out, etc. The article also provides Halloween prompts that can be used to help writers get started with their stories.  The second article that I looked at was " The 7 Qualities Of Compelling Character Motivations ." When I first started writing stories, I struggled with outlining a character that was detailed and fun to read about. This article really helped give m...

"Fairy Ointment" was an interesting story to read and unlike some of the other stories in this unit, I had never heard of this story before. I think it is somewhat humorous because the ointment is kinda like fairy dust in a way. The story started out with a man asking for the midwife's help in caring for his baby while his wife was ill and could not do it herself. Even though the man seemed sketchy to the midwife, she said yes because it was her job. The fellow whisked her away on his dark black horse that had fiery eyes. The story started out kind of creepy because the man had an eerie look to him and his horse was jet black and was described to have fiery eyes like hell fire. I personally thought that this story was going to take a terrible turn. However, the man was right, the baby did need to be taken care of and the midwife did it. The woman, however, told the midwife to rub this strange ointment on the baby's eyes when they open. The midwife was concerned and...

The story of the Three Little Pigs is a classic tale. It is almost just like I remember from my childhood. The first and second pigs build houses made of flimsy material and the wolf easily takes the houses down. After the wolf "huffs and puffs" the house gets blown down and the pigs become supper. However, the third pig is very clever. He builds his house of brick which was not able to be blown down by the wolf. All of that is very common in the story of the three little pigs. However, I do not know if I just forgot or if I never heard the ending to the story... After the brick house stays standing, the clever wolf tries to outsmart the pig, but the pig actually outsmarts the wolf cleverness many times. It started out with picking turnips. The wolf, knowing the pig liked turnips in his soup, offered the pig company while picking some, but he actually was just trying to lure Mr. Pig out of his safe brick house. The wolf provided the pig a certain time to go, the pig agreed,...