Showing posts with label Brainstorming. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Brainstorming. Show all posts

Sunday, February 1, 2015

Princess Stories From Around the World: Styles Brainstorm

Topic: My topic is going to be about different princesses around the world.  My goal is to find four different princess stories from different cultures around the world.  One story I definitely want to include is How the Raja's Son Won the Princess Labam. Another story I plan on using is The Princess of the Tower.  I do not think I will have any issue finding stories of princesses, for there are already quite a few to choose from, I just will have trouble trying to determine which stories will be the stories I want to use in my storybook.

Bibliography:
1. How the Raja's Son Won the Princess Labam from Indian Fairy Tales on Sacred-Texts.com, author Joseph Jacobs in 1912
2. The Princess of the Tower, from Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends by Aunt Naomi, on Sacred-Texts.com

Possible Styles:

Princesses at a Ball: This is a rather simple idea because it could be different princesses who are making small talk at a ball they are all attending. This would result in them swapping stories about what has happened in their lives.

Meeting Up At A Coffeeshop: Another possible idea is that a group of princesses, who have been long time friends, decided to meet up as a group at a coffeeshop.  They have not seen each other in quite some time so they want to meet up and catch up to see how each others lives are going.

Girls Night: A third possible idea for me to use as a style is to have it so that the princesses are having a girls night together, complete with playing some of their favorite games, eating their favorite food, and enjoying spending a night away from the royal duties that each is required to do.  The girl talk turns into different girls swapping stories about different things that have happened in their lives.

Out In The Park: A final idea is that the girls are outside, getting together to enjoy a gorgeous day outside, and spend time together.  Throughout the course of their time in the park, they come across the topic of events that have happened in their lives. So they decide to turn it into a picnic where they socialize and talk about their different life events.

Princess Labam (via Pinterest)

Sunday, January 25, 2015

Mythology and Folklore Topics Brainstorm

Topic: Sorcerer and Witch Stories From Around The World
Comments:  I love the idea of magic and how people use it to manipulate the world around them.  I am always fascinated by what wizards and witches do with their magic to those who do not have magical gifts.  
Possible Stories: I could make a story about a sorcerer and/or a witch where they are put in a situation that is inspired by one of the other stories I have read.
Sample Story Comments: This story also is a good example of what happens to sorcerers and when they use their magic.
Book Title: The Chinese Fairy Book
Book Author: Charles Wilhem
Year: 1921

Topic: Children and the people around them
Comments:  A lot of stories have children in them.  I always have found the stories with children interesting for their opinions and experiences.  
Possible Stories: Not only are children a great way to communicate a message, but it is easy to create a story that can do whatever you want it to do.  
Sample Story Comments:  This story exemplified why it is great to have children in a story.  They have the ability to cause you to be heartfelt over them, and feel bad for them.
Book Title: The Grimm Brothers' Children's and Household Tales
Book Translator: D. L. Ashliman
Year: 1998

Topic: Prince and Princesses around the World
Comments:  Many stories in the fantasy world have tales of princes and princesses.  Those tales are the ones that have always intrigued me and wanted me to read on more.  I want to create a story that is like the ones I have read in the past.
Possible Stories:  I could create a story involving a princess that wants to go explore the world in some form or fashion.
Sample Story Comments:  I liked this story for the fact that it added the princesses and marriage but it was not a very typical story that some people would sometimes expect.
Sample Story Tittle: How Nsassi Got Married
Book Title: Notes on the Folklore of the Fjort
Book Author: Richard Edward Dennett
Year: 1898

Topic: Marriage
Comments:  Marriage always adds a certain amount of complexity to the story, no matter what is happening elsewhere in the story.
Possible Stories: The story I could create could involve marriage and then some long-lost lover from the past coming back to stop the wedding.
Sample Story Comments: This story was a story that showed a different side of marriage and brought a certain complexity to a traditional story.
Sample Story Title: The Eagle and Whale Husbands
Book Title: Tales of North American Indians
Book Author: Stith Thompson
Year: 1929