Saturday, February 17
10-11am
w/ Amber Sparks
Everyone knows at least a few fairy tales by heart, thanks in part to Walt Disney. Those Disney versions, cleaned up and sanitized, often follow conventional film (and fiction) rules. But the original fairy tales as written are far older, far stranger, and far more interesting when it comes to filling up our fiction toolbox. During this hour, we’ll talk about the rules of structure of fairy tales, how they got they why and how they’ve changed, and how we can use many of the elements in fairy tales to riff on, or as constraints, or as inspiration to build our own strange and resilient fictions.
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