Kiss and (Re)tell: 7 of the Best New Romance Retellings
Bestselling author Jesse Q. Sutanto reimagines Disney's Mulan as a contemporary romance about family expectations, mistaken identity, and high stakes...
https://bookriot.com/best-new-romance-retellings/
Threading Folklore Through Your Novel
Author Allison Gunn shares her thoughts on threading (old and new) folklore and fairy tales through your novel.
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https://www.writersdigest.com/threading-folklore-through-your-novel
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The Power of Retellings! 
Huge thanks to everyone who shared book titles with a new perspective. Now I'm 100% convinced—retelling stories is definitely a thing!
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In this brand new reimagining, Mary Jane—the red-headed spark from Mark Twains, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, who stole Huck's heart in just 30 pages—comes to life with her own story of adventuring down the Mississippi River in the 1840's.
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OK. I wrote a thing a while back about fairytale retellings (and more things about retellings, even further back) but it was an a platform that I wasn't proud of. It's moved to a new place if anyone is interested. (And more things from the new place are coming soon.)
And of course it's how tropes work too. Except the specifics are perhaps removed? I'm not sure. Is there an "original" when we talk about tropes? Or is there sort of a blank form?
(And of course there _was_ a first, but it's not necessarily true that the reader remembers the first, or any specific example, so much as the form itself.)
So, at the simplest level, this is subtext. The subtext of a retelling is the original story.
It's such an example of how the reader contributes to the experience of the story. The writer trusts that they know the earlier version.
If they don't--if the writer doesn't expect the to--then it's a completely different thing. Then it's stealing a story!
But in a retelling, the writer _wants_ the reader to know the old form and to make a messy mix of the two.
So! I was on (the amazing) Story Hour and I read two retellings AND Daniel Marcus read a retelling of something else (it was so good!), and that makes me want to talk about retellings more generally.
There's this depth that is created when the reader layers the older version with the new one. I think it makes a brain explosion. (I also think about the multiverse.)
How do you use this in your writing?
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I'm reading The Shadow of Perseus by Claire Heywood (mentioned in our #Andromeda episodes: https://starrytimepodcast.com/episodes) & it made me so mad, I just moved our Perseus episode down on the scheduled list (we were supposed to do it after we finish Orion, but I can't even look at Perseus rn)
TAKE THAT PERSEUS! 
An instant international bestseller: a suspenseful, sweeping historical epic for readers of Natalie Haynes and Madeline Miller, which boldly reimagines the origin story of the woman who inspired one of Shakespeare’s most iconic characters, Lady Macbeth.
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Si te gustan los retellings y quisieras cambiar la historia de algún clásico, no puedes perderte este desafío de la cuenta oficial de Fantasía en español de Wattpad. En el siguiente enlace encontrarás más información: https://www.wattpad.com/1374952051-desaf%C3%ADos-fant%C3%A1sticos-d%C3%A9cimo-sexto-desaf%C3%ADo-y-fueron
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@jaymeb @kimlockhartga I have read at least 15 #retellings of #myths and #fairytales. I hadn’t read any since Atwood’s, and then CIRCE came out and started this craze. It’s *delicious.* The only problem is making myself read other things! Especially since I get ARCs from the publishers.
Hi, Mastodon newbie here! I'm a #YA #author hoping to connect with other #kidlit #writers. I have three YA books out, one #contemporary and two #fairytale #retellings, and am soon to be on submission with a contemp #mystery. Repped by Kelly Van Sant of KT Literary.
I'm a #mom of five, navigating the teen years with my kids. I'm also a #musician. I play #piano and am learning the bass guitar. I love #rock and roll and can often be found with the music up way too loud.
Hi #writingcommunity !
