Storybook Style Ideas

Topic Arthurian legends: I ended up choosing Arthurian legends as my topic. I have always enjoyed these stories, and this project will give me a chance to explore this topic further, especially some of the less know tales. I started doing research of this topic by looking at the resources you sent me.  I read chapter I and II in King Arthur's tale, and I read the Court of the Queen as well.

Bibliography

• Stories from the Faerie Queen, by Mary Macleod, 1916
• Le Morte Darthur, Sir Thomas Malory's Book of the King Arthur and his Noble Knights for the Round Table, by Thomas Malory, 2014.

Image from Guenevere Wikipedia Article

I went through the list of styles, and saw several that stood out to me.  I am not interesting in doing a modern retelling, so I immediately just skipped all of those options.  Eavesdropping, twist the ending, villain as storyteller, and imagine a backstory are the choices the I ended up choosing.  I also included a style from my last blog post, retelling a story as a game.

Eavesdropping
One of the great things about storytelling, is that a story changes over time. Eavesdropping is a great style for anybody who wants to change a story slightly.  People here things incorrectly, and sometimes they don't hear the full story.  People can potentially create really funny stories depending on how they misinterpret the original.  This style has the potential to be really versatile, and it would also give me the liberty to add in some new characters.  The personality of the eavesdropper could be developed in the intro, then he or she will tell some of his/her best stories.

Twist the Ending
This is a style I have already used in my storytelling.  My story called The Shape of the Beast changed the ending of the story as well as creating a backstory for Circe. I had a lot of fun writing this story, and this style is easy to combine with several others.  The harder part about this storytelling style is tying all of my stories together, and I would have to find a way of doing this.  I could create a storyteller who changes all stories and introduce him in the intro, or I could maybe say that the books got the story wrong, and tell the story how it really is.  The latter is something I have seen done successfully in other stories that I've read.

Villain as Storyteller
This style would probably be more of a challenge for me. One option would be to tell the story from the side of a villain who believes he or she was misrepresented, and explain why the villain made certain choices.  Another choice would be to tell the story from a Villain who tries to outsmart the hero and fails.  Either way, I would definitely want to include Morgana in one of these stories.

Imagine a Backstory 
Creating a new backstory for a character, or creating a backstory for a character who doesn't have one really appeals to me. This gives me liberty to write my own story, instead of changing somebody Else's story.  The character and personality would already be defined, but this would let me create my own adventures and stories with existing characters.  I would enjoy shaping the characters, and telling stories about how the characters became who they are today.

Story as a Game
I am not going to go into a lot of detail, since I have already discussed this topic.  The characters in the story would be controlled by players playing a game.  I could either do a table top role playing games were several characters are being controlled by players, or I could chose a main character, and let the rest of the characters become NPCs.