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Fantasy Literature

ExWhoDoesntCare

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8. Without retellings, most fiction wouldn't exist.

Reply to jimfields33 (Reply #2)

Sun Oct 15, 2023, 05:39 AM

Oct 2023

There aren't as many unique stories as you think. All writers and filmmakers are working from a few basic plots and character tropes that get recycled over and over again--and have since man first put pen to paper.

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Fairytales have always reflected the morals of the age. It's not a sin to rewrite them [View all] Jilly_in_VA Jun 2023 OP

A writer friend self-published some re-crafted fairy tales & some of the comments are scathing! CrispyQ Jun 2023 #1

I think remakes are lazy. Hollywood should do new stories with POC as leads. jimfields33 Jun 2023 #2

Without retellings, most fiction wouldn't exist. ExWhoDoesntCare Oct 2023 #8

Fair enough. I definitely didn't put the thought of storylines into at least numbers. jimfields33 Oct 2023 #9

It's one thing to update a cartoon universe like The Little Mermaid Hugh_Lebowski Jun 2023 #3

Why is it entirely different? ExWhoDoesntCare Oct 2023 #7

Read the original stories and you'll be surprised The Blue Flower Jun 2023 #4

Snow White ExWhoDoesntCare Sep 2023 #5

People have been rewriting classic literature of all kinds ExWhoDoesntCare Oct 2023 #6