1. Fairy Tale Elements
A fairy tale is a short story that features folkloric fantasy characters such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, dwarves, giants, mermaids, or gnomes, and magic or enchantments.
However, not every fairy tale must have fairies.
Talking animals seem to be more common to the fairy tale than fairies themselves.

2. Fairy Tale Elements
Unlike legends or myths, fairy tales take place once upon a time rather than in actual times.
It moves in an unreal world without definite locality or definite creatures and is filled with the marvelous.
Transformation is the key feature of the genre.

3. Twisted Tale 1. Write from the villain's perspective. Choose a partner
2. Continue the fairy tale past the happy ending and give the hero/heroine a new challenge.
3. Twist the plot line
4. Turn the traditional ideals on their head as do Atwood and Hammond
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