Frosty Needs HELP!
 

hey guys, well im writing this collection of fairytales...and im adapting them for adults so they are lot more scary, gory, sexual and erotic then the originals and i was wondering if anyone knew of any good sites that had information on writing horror and/or fairytales...i just need some tutorials and suggestions to kick start things...i need to get one book finished so i can send it off to my publisher.

thanks

xxFrostyxx

yea i saw the trailer for it the other day on a DVD me and the bf are going to go and see it when it comes out...it looks awesome and i didnt realize it was a book

xxfrostyxx

excellent thats what im going for with my stories..i want them reallt very dark and sadistic

all fairytales are sick and twisted...i mean seriously Hanzel and Gretal, Little Red Riding Hood etc....but i want to make them so kids have nightmares about them lol

im so sick

xxFrostyxx

so true i love writing evil dark gothic novels, i alwasy seem to be more creative when i know there are no boundries or rules i have to adhere to

xxfrostyxx

Yeah right. as if i'll tell you my ideas so you can go make money off it..
Um since this is a horror site,... are the fairy tales gonna be horror like? cause if they are heres a hint. sexual erotic type horror stories = zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz's man thats whats killed off the vampire genre. thats my opinion

well thanks for the opinion...but not all the stories are going to be sexualy active...some maybe but not all...and with stories like Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty and the such there will have to be some erotic exposure if you want it to be different from the original....
but im going more for gore and gothic scaryness then anything else

xxfrostyxx

thank omcdave...i really appriciate that support :)

xxfrostyxx

Haha, oddly enough, I'm working on the same type of thing. :p

Have you ever read the original, uncut Grimm tales? Some of them get pretty dark and violent. Also, check out Strewelpeter for some ideas.

thanks heaps Flayed...i've got a kids version of the Grimm's Brothers but i have yet to get one of their uncut books, i'd love to though i love the Grimm's Brothers im trying to go dark like them.

xxfrostyxx

really? how so? and if you dont want to discuss it in front of other people then send me a pm i dont mind i love talking shop with people

xxfrostyxx

For general writing advice, I've never seen anything tha can hold a candle to Stephen King's ON WRITING. The first half is an autobiography of his writing life and the second half is a style manual. Really fantastic, practical advice in that one.

i've been looking for that, well acutally ive been looking for the ebook as at the moment i dont have very much money and i cant just go out and buy stuff....but i cant seem to find it

xxfrostyxx

of course you've read Anne Rice's sexually charged Sleeping Beauty tales, right?

not as yet but ive been told that i MUST read them...which i plan to do i've just got to get myself fueled up as i dont really like Anne Rice's writing style im not sure why i just get very bored quickly....well not bored i just find she goes too indepth to keep me interested in the tale...but thats just me...but i plan on reading it

xxfrostyxx

you can get it for 4 bucks

http://www.amazon.com/Writing-Stephe...e=UTF8&s=books

Check out Snow, Blood, Apples by Neil Gaiman. Its a really, really cool short story that twists Snow White.

I wrote a staory like this myself, not long ago....think I might have posted it here, actually. I'll see if I can dig it up for you to read:)

cool thanks for that....


and rod its not saying four bucks for me

xxfrostyxx

um... read down to the "used & new" section!...here I'll just cut and paste it for you.

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and i just bought the book...i should have it in about one week!! yay for me!!

xxfrostyxx

thanks for the link Rod

yep, im always here. lol actually i tend t stick around and see how many people will post on my thread -=giggles=- or if someone will pm .... actually i was just about to start surfing the other boards to see whats new

xxfrostyxx

You may find some ideas here:
http://horror.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17858
I HAD this one but I lent it out...Now, I have to replace it...Thanks for reminding me:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...ayne/Grimm.jpg
Here's the description:
Grimm's Grimmest
Murder, cannibalism, incest—not exactly kid stuff, right? But the 19 uncensored stories in Grimm's Grimmest reveal that German brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm weren’t always writing for children. Their original version of "Cinderella," for example, shows the wicked stepsisters hacking off their toes and heels to wedge their feet into the golden slippers. And we won't even tell you what happens to Rapunzel! Fiendishly illustrated with full-color plates. 142 pages.
Seriously, I HATE that shit, but then again I'M into HORROR, that other (chick flick, romance, drama) shit bores me to death....AND...Vampires are supposed to be evil, vicious, soulless, brutal monsters NOT whiny, sad, sappy, guilt-ridden, lovelorn, remorseful wimps

I'll have to agree with you there Rod- one of the best books on writing I've ever read. Now if he would follow his own advice more often...

No, actually it's true...Even King admitted that he doesn't always follow his own advice

Kinda like the line from Alice In Wonderland...

thanks for all the help people...even if it was a burn...it helps me see what some people would rather read in a book....i should put up a poll or something lol

and thanks bloodrayne for giving me a link to the old thread, it was an awesome read, i just posted a rendition of Little Red Riding Hood and Beauty and the Beast.

and now i want to get that book of Grimms Grimmest...i've got one book of their collection but its a kids one...one i can read to my kids when i have them. But i want to get an uncunt version of their fairytales, as i love them so much.

xxfrostyxx

You All Forgot The Company Of Wolves
 

Hey there Frosty(waves). Back in the mists of history was movie Called In The Company Of Wolves. A weird coming of age cum dream take on The Red Ridinghood myth. I was really weird & erotic with lots of sexual overtones but not much sex. So anyway heres a link to an analysis of the film. http://www.geocities.com/za5tar/thecompanyofwolves.html
Have fun & Iam old enough to have seen this in the theaters. Even though I had to sneak in.

thanks Soloman Kane, i appriciate the help...you should check out the link that BloodRayne gave me..i posted my adaption of Little Red Riding Hood there...it was just a quick idea and i think i'm going to elaberate on it for my fairytale collection.

xxfrostyxx

Check out Angela Carter
 

Iam fimiliar with the book that bloodrayne posted having read it during my Neil Gaiman Mortal Gods, Death, Sandman comicbook reading days. Anne Rice was kind of a june come lately to this lady's works. http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/acarter.htm
Also check out The Fables comicbook series. The writing is interesting & quick. The subject matter very adult oriented but without the horror element. It might be helpful too you. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fables_(comic)
Have fun with it.
In college I had a very progressive film professor & I did a paper on the dream world as the gateway to horror. Films like Phantasm, The Shining, An American Werewolf In London, Susperia, The Fog, & alot of others have an elemental dreamlike quality to them where the audience can't seem to decide if its a dream or reality. Alot of the fairytales also have this quality. Some silent films have this in spades. The Silent Beauty & the Beast is a great example. Its sets & such were unreal.

ahem - I write five days a week...without fail:D

i should really do that...im getting their though, i write something everyday even if its something really small

xxfrostyxx

Not to Go To Far Of Topic
 

Whats kinds of stuff do you write Roderick? :confused:

I'm a horror screenwriter.

and i hear your a good one Rod

xxfrostyxx