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In
this new part of the site, you can read or download
stories and plots for re-telling. More stories will
be added to the section in due course.
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Wishes
Three
A
short collection of 10 wishing stories and jokes for tellers
and writers of stories, plus notes on transposing and
re-telling the tales creatively. |
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The
Voyage of Maeldun
The
classic hero quest story from the Irish 10th Century Book
of the Dun Cow makes a great framework for tall tale telling
work. This outline gives story frame and the principal
bizarre and fantastic islands visited by Maeldun (pronounced
Muldoon) and his band of heroes. |
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Telling
Fables
An extensive set of ideas for telling and writing fables
and creating new stories based on them, complete with
a dozen fables, some told in both elaborated and simple
forms, plus examples of new stories created using fables.
This set was first written as a backup to the 2009 Imaginary
Journeys Story Competition for writers under 12, but remains
of much interest to storytellers and makers of all ages. |
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Tall Tales & Likely Legends
This set of stories has been
put together to inspire young writers entering the 2010
Tall Tales & Likely Legends competition. It features some ancient and modern examples
of what a tall tale or a
likely legend might be and the many different styles
possible. We hope it will go on inspiring tall tall
tellers and likely legend makers, complementing the story
game ideas in the Imaginary Journeys booklet
Tall Tale
Telling. |
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