As it’s Boxing Day, I thought you’d all like a gift… an extra creative writing assignment! Yippee! And while we’re still feeling festive, I decided Cinderella was the ideal topic.
As far as writers are concerned, the Cinderella story is a wonderful starting point for short stories, romance novels, and even fantasy fiction like Harry Potter.
If you’re not in a particularly creative mood, give us a simple re-telling of the well-known fairy tale, or try it as a poem or play script: it’ll be interesting to compare different versions. You could even combine it with Steve’s writing challenge, and try to tell it in exactly 100 words (not including the title).
If you want to mix it up a bit, you might make the characters all woodland animals, change the ending so the handsome Prince falls in love with one of the ugly sisters, or have a gender-swap, with poor Chris who can’t go to the ball with his ugly step-brothers.
Or why not try a modern-day version, where Cinderella goes out clubbing, but her ride home leaves at twelve, or even a futuristic science fiction version, where the magic is replaced by science, and her outfit is set to dissolve on the dot of midnight?
Whichever you decide upon, remember the next Island Writers meeting is on Tuesday 4th Dec at 7pm-9pm – and unless the rules change, we’ll be back at Ryde Library (£2.50 a session)