AN UNUSUAL STORY
Yarochka Ozernaya, 6 years old
One spring, early in the morning, when the sun had just woken up, an amazing story happened to my grandfather Vanya. It was like that.
Grandfather Vanya went to the forest to pick mushrooms.
He walks slowly, hums a song under his breath, and looks for mushrooms under the Christmas trees with a stick. Suddenly he sees a hedgehog sitting on a stump and crying bitterly. The hedgehog's leg was broken and hurt. Grandfather took pity on the hedgehog, wrapped his leg, and treated him to a sweet candy. Grandfather loved candy very much, because he had no teeth and could not chew real candy. The hedgehog really liked his grandfather's lollipops. He thanked him and ran to his children.
But a few days later, the hedgehog and his sons brought grandfather many, many mushrooms on his back and asked to live with his grandfather under the house with his whole family. They all ate sugar mushrooms together and sucked delicious lollipops.
QUESTIONS AND TASKS
If you had a hedgehog at home, what would you treat it to?
Why did the hedgehog want to live with his grandfather?
Have you ever seen a hedgehog? What is the character of this forest animal?
What forest gifts can be used to make sweets? Come up with several recipes for forest candies and draw them.
o All children are little hedgehogs. Each hedgehog must tell how and how he will help his grandfather.
GLADE OF FAIRIES
Lilya Pomytkina, 7 years old, Kiev
There lived little fairies in a flower meadow. They lived together and loved to help people, especially children.
One day a little girl came to a flower meadow. She cried bitterly because her finger was cut. She didn't notice anyone or anything except pain. Then the fairies surrounded her in a tight ring and waved their wings in unison. The girl felt relieved and stopped crying. The fairies asked the sun's rays to quickly dry the girl's tears, and she began to listen to everything around her. She heard flowers smell, insects buzz and birds sing. And the fairies whispered to her that the world around her was beautiful, that the wound on her finger would soon heal, and that she should not be too upset.
One little fairy brought a tiny plantain leaf and put it on the wound. Another asked the ladybug to play the game "Rain or Bucket" with the girl. And the third one called the breeze to smooth the girl’s disheveled hair.
And the girl felt so good that she began to smile and play with the fairies. After that, the girl always came to the fairy clearing if she felt bad.
When she grew up big, she did not forget the clearing with fairies and in difficult times she always called the little fairies for help.
QUESTIONS AND TASKS
How would you help the girl if you were the fairies?
Give the children cards with the names of different qualities. Children must figure out how the fairies taught someone this or that quality.
Remember some difficult situation from your life and think about how different fairy tale characters could help you in this situation, for example: fairies, breeze, sun rays, etc.
Imagine that the good fairies invited you to a festival of forest fairies. Draw this holiday and tell us about it.
B ASHMACHKI
Olya Makarova, 8 years old
Once upon a time there was a boy Kolya. He had new shoes. But his shoes lived very poorly. Kolya didn’t take care of them: he didn’t wash them, didn’t clean them, and threw them away anywhere. The shoes didn’t know what to do. Then they decided to take Kolya to a shoe factory so that he could see how much work needed to be done to sew such wonderful shoes. The next day, the shoes took Kolya to the factory so that he could see how shoes emerged from a piece of leather. The factory was huge, and Kolya was surprised at how many craftsmen and machines it took to sew shoes. Then an important woman approached them. She said hello and asked the shoes how they were doing and whether Kolya was taking care of them. The shoes sighed sadly, but remained silent. They didn't want to complain about their master. Kolya felt very ashamed, and he said thanks to the important woman for her work.
Since then, Kolya has always taken care of his shoes, because he saw how much work it takes to sew such shoes.
QUESTIONS AND TASKS
How will Kolya take care of his shoes after this incident?
Tell us how you take care of your shoes.
What qualities should the owner have to make his shoes happy in life?
Talk to your favorite shoe and then tell everyone what it told you about.
How can shoes thank a person for his care? Come up with and draw a fairy tale about how your shoes took care of you.
Discuss with your children how to care for shoes at different times of the year and in different weather.
P AUCHOCK
Vnuchkova Dana, 8 years old
Once upon a time there lived a little spider. He was completely alone and was very sad that he had no friends. One day he decided to go and find some friends. It was spring, the sun was warm, and dew glistened on the grass. Two moths were flying over a green meadow. One is white and the other is red. They saw a little spider, and a white moth asked him:
- Why are you so sad?
Because I have no friends,” answered the spider.
But moths and spiders are not friends, because spiders cannot fly, said the white moth.
And the red moth said:
- Let’s be friends with you, I’ll teach you to fly.
The spider was very happy and agreed. Since then they became friends and flew over the meadow together. A moth on wings, and a spider in a balloon made of cobwebs.
QUESTIONS AND TASKS
Imagine that you and a spider are traveling above the earth in a balloon made of cobwebs. Draw your journey and tell us about it.
Tell me about a friend who taught you something.
What can a spider teach moths?
Give the children cards with drawings of different insects. Each person, on behalf of his own insect, must tell what he can teach some other insect. For example: what an ant can teach an earthworm, a butterfly can teach an ant, etc. Then the children draw how the different insects taught each other.
Divide the children into groups of three. One child in the group is a spider, the other two are moths. Children should come up with short dramatizations about the friendship of a moth and spiders.
GOLDEN DROPS
Yana Dankova, 8 years old
It was a sunny day. The sun was shining brightly. There were droplets of dew on the bush, like gold. Then I went up to the bush and wanted to take them. As soon as I touched it, everything disappeared. And I was very sad, but the sun saw that I was crying and whispered to me: “Don’t cry. Everything will be fine, just don’t cry.” When I heard these words, I was so happy that I wanted to jump and sing songs. And suddenly I saw the same drops of dew on the bush. I went to the bush, sat on a pebble and looked at the golden drops.
QUESTIONS AND TASKS
How would you calm a girl down if she were the sun?
Has the sun ever calmed you down? Tell and draw how the sun helped you in different situations.
Imagine that the sun gave the girl magical drops of dew. Each drop could fulfill one of her wishes. Draw the girl's wishes fulfilled. Based on each other’s drawings, the children tell what wishes the droplets fulfilled and how.
WILLOW AND ITS LEAVES
Sasha Timchenko, 8 years old
I was walking through the park and saw a flock of leaves. They fell to the ground. Willow began to feel sad. And the leaves that fell from it also became sad. But when they fell to the ground, they wrote a sentence: “Dear willow, you loved us, and we love you too.”
QUESTIONS AND TASKS
Give the children cards with drawings of leaves of different trees and ask them, on behalf of these leaves, to thank the tree for taking care of them.
You can give children cards with drawings of different trees and ask them to say goodbye to their leaves on behalf of these trees.
Come up with and draw a fairy tale about how a flock of leaves decided to travel to the southern countries together with migratory birds.
TALE OF FLOWERS
Naumenko Regina, 9 years old
Once upon a time there lived a girl whose name was Nadezhda. Hope was as beautiful as a rose. Her face was white, with pink cheeks, and emerald eyes. But her character was very prickly. She often stabbed people with her ridicule like thorns. One day Nadezhda fell in love with a very handsome young man. She never stabbed him and spoke to him kindly. But it so happened that her beloved young man forgot about her and did not want to come to her anymore. Nadezhda was very sad, but did not want to say anything bad about the young man. The girlfriends persuaded Nadezhda to inject the young man. They spoke:
- Since he has forgotten you, prick him with your thorns.
“I love him and don’t want to harm him,” Nadezhda answered.
But Nadezhda could not live without her beloved. Then she pricked herself, her red blood spilled, and Nadezhda turned into a wonderful red rose.
QUESTIONS AND TASKS
Children are given cards with pictures of different colors. Each child takes turns naming one quality with which he associates this flower. Then the children draw a magical bouquet of those flowers that will teach a person certain qualities.
Draw roses of Faith, Love, Happiness, Joy, Peace, etc., and talk about how these roses helped people.
Do you think that if Nadezhda’s beloved had not left her, her character would have changed?
Draw Nadezhda and her beloved in the form of certain flowers.
KIND HEART
Perky Mariyka, 9 years old
There lived in this world a pretty little girl. She was very beautiful, with white hair, blue eyes and a kind, gentle heart. One day, mommy went to work and took her daughter to a neighbor so she could look after her.
The neighbor was a single woman and had no children. She treated the girl to cookies and went for a walk with her. The neighbor held the girl’s hand and boasted to everyone passing by how beautiful her daughter was. The girl never deceived anyone and did not like it when others deceive. She realized that their neighbor would really like to have a daughter. And after the walk, when her mother came home, the girl told her everything.
Mom thought for a long time and came up with an idea. She baked a huge, delicious pie and invited her neighbor. A neighbor came and was very happy about the pie and such nice people. They sat and talked for a long time, drank tea, ate pie. And when the neighbor decided to leave, the girl gave her a fluffy white puppy. The puppy squeaked and licked its new owner right on the nose. The neighbor burst into tears of happiness. And since then they always walked together - the neighbor with her puppy and the girl with her mother.
QUESTIONS AND TASKS
Come up with a recipe for a pie that mom and her daughter baked and draw it.
What was the girl's mother like? What would you do in her place after the girl told you about her neighbor’s deception?
Think of a fun game that a mother and daughter, a neighbor and a puppy played in the park.
Draw kind hearts for the girl’s mother and her daughter.
BABUSHKIN DUBOCHEK
Misha Kozhan, 8 years old
My grandmother lived in a big city. She loved nature so much that she planted an oak tree under her window. He was so small that he could not support the weight of a titmouse if she sat on his branch. Grandmother took care of her little oak tree and said hello to it every morning, looking out of the window. And my grandmother had a little grandson who often came to visit her. Together they went to their oak tree and looked after it. Then they sat side by side, and the grandmother read fairy tales to her grandson. Every summer they took pictures near the oak tree, and then rejoiced watching how the baby and the tree grew. The oak tree had many new branches, and it no longer bent under the weight of the birds.
Dubochek always looked forward to his grandson coming to visit his grandmother. He loved to listen to his grandmother's fairy tales with him and then retold them to his friends: the birds, the sun, the wind and the rain. One day, the grandson came to his grandmother, but they did not go to the oak tree and did not even greet him. The oak tree waited and waited, but it never came. Then he asked the sparrow to look out the window and find out what was the matter. Sparrow flew in upset and said that his friend was lying in bed, he had a high temperature and a sore throat. Dubochek became very alarmed and called all his friends for help.
Raindrops gave the boy a drink of living spring water, the sun's rays warmed his neck, the breeze cooled his hot forehead, and the birds sang such a wonderful song that he immediately felt happy. And the disease subsided.
“Thank you, oak tree, for your help,” the boy said to his friend the next day.
Soon the boy went to school. Both of them grew up and became beautiful, to the delight of their grandmother. The boy listened to fairy tales and thought that when they both grew up and became big, he would come to the oak tree with his children and also read fairy tales to them under the wide, dense foliage of the oak tree. This thought made my soul feel warm and calm.
QUESTIONS AND TASKS
Come up with and draw a fairy tale that your grandmother told her grandson and little oak tree.
Draw a tree with which you are friends or dream of becoming friends, and tell about it.
Divide the children into groups and ask them to come up with and draw different situations when the oak tree and the boy will come to each other’s aid.
Give the children cards with drawings of different inhabitants of the earth - trees, flowers, animals, birds, etc. Children must, on behalf of those who received them on the cards, tell what and how they would help the boy recover.
SNOWFLAKES UNDER THE CHERRY TREE
Nastya Zaitseva, 8 years old
The enchanted garden sleeps in winter silence. Fluffy snowflakes sleep peacefully under the spreading branches of a cherry tree. The snowflakes had an interesting dream. It’s as if they are circling around the cherry, and the cherry says to them: “You are so funny, my beloved children,” and then strokes them and hugs them. The fluffy snowflakes felt the gentle warmth and instantly woke up. They were sad because they were not children of the cherry, but the cherry consoles them: “Don’t be sad. When the sun warms you, you will become droplets and happily roll down to my roots.”
That's how it all happened. The souls of the fluffy snowflakes fell in love with their kind comforter. In the spring they rolled down to her roots and became her real children: some a leaf, some a flower and a cherry. The dream of the fluffy snowflakes has come true.
GREEN CHERRY
Nastya Zaitseva, 8 years old
All the cherries were ripe, only one berry remained green and small. She saw a beautiful red berry next to her and said to her:
- Let's be friends.
Red Cherry looked at her and replied:
- I don’t want to be friends with you. I am so beautiful and red, and you are green.
The green cherry saw a large cherry and said to it:
- Let's be friends.
“I won’t be friends with you, you’re small, and I’m big,” answered the large cherry.
The little cherry wanted to make friends with the ripe berry, but she didn’t want to be friends with it either. So the little cherry remained without friends.
One day, all the cherries were picked from the tree, only the green ones remained. Time passed and she matured. There was not a single berry on any tree, and when the children found a cherry, they were very happy. They divided it among everyone and ate it. And this cherry turned out to be the most delicious.
THE BIRTH OF A SNOWFLAKE
Nastya Zaitseva, 8 years old
Once upon a time there was Winter. On New Year's Eve, her daughter was born. Winter didn't know what to call her. She told everyone about the birth of the winter baby and asked what name to give her, but no one could come up with a name.
Winter became sad and went to Santa Claus to ask for help. And he answers: “I can’t help. I don’t have time, I’m preparing for the New Year.”
Meanwhile, my daughter came running to her mother Zima and said:
- The wind is very kind. He helps everyone. I told him that I wanted to learn to dance, and he taught me. Look, - and she began to dance.
Daughter, you dance very beautifully,” Winter praised her daughter.
Mom, why are you so sad? Probably tired, preparing for the New Year?
No, I just have a lot to do,” my mother answered, “and you run and play.”
Winter told him about everything, and the Wind invited her to fly and ask Snow what to name her daughter.
They flew to the Snow, and Winter said:
- Brother Snow, you probably know that I had a daughter?
I know, because I do not appear on earth on my own, but thanks to your daughter. She helps me.
Help me come up with a name for my daughter,” Winter asked.
I know what name to give her - Snowflake. On my behalf - Snow.
That’s how they named Winter’s daughter Snowflake. And they all cheerfully celebrated the New Year together.
QUESTIONS AND TASKS
Come up with your own names for the different seasons and explain why you named them that way.
What would you name a snowflake if you didn't know its name?
What other children does Mother Winter have, and what are their names? (Blizzard, ice, frost, Snow Maiden, etc.) Draw winter gifts that different children of Winter will prepare for people. Based on each other's drawings, children guess which winter children gave people certain gifts.
What things should Mother Winter do for the New Year? Draw the most important winter tasks.
Galina Ershova
Fairy tales invented by children. Middle group.
Dear Colleagues! Our preschool operates according to Wenger's "Development" program. We pay great attention to modeling. I bring to your attention children's creativity!
Fairy tales invented by children of group No. 5.
Preface.
The children went “to the forest.” Between the Christmas trees lay multi-colored circles. Everyone chose one substitute circle according to their taste.
Then they sat down on chairs and told what the circle might look like: blue - rain, gray - wolf, orange - fox, etc.
Then those who wished to come up with fairy tales with their deputy.
LIKA.
The circle is red (tomato).
The Tale of the Tomato.
Once upon a time there lived a Tomato. She rolled, she doesn’t know where. I met Chanterelle on the way. The fox wanted to eat her. But the Tomato asked not to eat it. The fox let go of the tomato.
Then she met her Bear. He also wanted to eat the Tomato, but she persuaded him not to eat it.
Circle – brown (bear).
Good Bear.
The Bear woke up and went to visit the Bunny. He really enjoyed his visit, and the Bear invited the Hare to visit him. The Bunny stayed overnight with the Bear. At night the Hare woke up and smelled a strong smell. "What is this?" - he asked. The bear replied that he was the one who fried the fish. The bunny fell asleep again. And in the morning he got up and fed the Bear fish. The bunny went home happy.
MISHA.
Blue circle (rain).
About the rain.
Kolobok lived. Went out for a walk. A strong wind blew, and Kolobok went home. At home I cooked porridge and ate. Went to sleep. This morning I woke up and it was foggy outside. Then it started to rain. The rain was fun. Kolobok went out for a walk under an umbrella. Came to the forest. A lot of mushrooms grew after the rain. I picked mushrooms and made soup at home. Hedgehog came to visit him. And Kolobok fed him mushroom soup. Both were glad that it had stopped raining outside.
SEREZHA.
Yellow circle (leaf).
Travel of a leaf.
A tree has grown. In autumn the leaves turned yellow. And one was the yellowest. Wind started to blow. The leaf flew. He flew and fell to the ground. The fox ran and picked it up. I brought it home and hung it on the wall. And at night the Fox fell asleep, the door opened and the Leaf flew out. And he flew far, far away. Fell on the ground. The Wolf walked past. He picked up the Leaf and brought it to his home. At night, the door opened from the wind and the Leaf flew out. It flew for a long time and did not want to dry out.
MILAN.
Orange circle (chanterelle).
Chanterelle.
Once upon a time there was a little fox. Her house was large and beautiful. So Foxy went for a walk in the forest. And I went to see Hedgehog. The hedgehog said: “Let's play.” “Come on, let’s play Edible and Inedible,” suggested the Chanterelle. The Wolf passed by. But they were not afraid of him, because he was kind. The Fox played and went home. I came home and saw that the clouds were gathering and it was starting to rain. The little fox sat down by the window and began to drink tea.
(workshop on fairy tale therapy for adults)
In order to engage in writing stories - this best of many possible psychotherapeutic activities, you still need some skills. Especially if you are not yet a member of the Writers' Union. Well, no need...
Fairy tale, which we compose for ourselves, activates processes in the Unconscious, and this, in turn, leads to personal growth and helps us resolve any of our life difficulties.
But what exactly should you do to sit down and write a fairy tale?
Below I offer a few simple exercises that will bring any person out of a creative block. Even someone who found it very difficult to write essays at school and who still suffers when composing the text of a greeting card.
And rightly so. After all, what I will now offer you as a simulator bears little resemblance to a school lesson in literature “Getting ready to write a final essay”... And it is not at all like the difficult need to cook up a banal and hypocritical text like “Happy New Year!”...
So, we take a sheet of white paper, a pen and... start writing a psychotherapeutic fairy tale in several passes.
And remember the main thing: we set ourselves the task of writing not artistic, A psychotherapeutic fairy tale We create our story not for publication, but for self-healing. When we heal, pull out all the problems and contradictions, then, perhaps, we will engage in refined artistic creativity, focused on the Booker Prize...
Entry First
Come up with ten words - ten common nouns, maybe phrases (table, chair, lamp, window, tin can, sweet pea...)
Let these words be taken by you from various areas of life. (prairie, general secretary, carnival, ball, cod)
Now words can be bent, rethought and turned inside out. How? That's how!
Let's say you came up with the words: Hedgehog, already, goal, ram...
We bow the word “Hedgehog”. The first thing that comes to mind is “hedgehog”. From this word you can make the word “already” by reading it backwards!
The word "goal" can be reversed to become "log".
A fairy tale might begin like this: “Once upon a time there lived in the forest a young hedgehog named “Baran”. Wherever he went, other hedgehogs said to him: “Where are you going, sheep? Can’t you see that my hedgehog is bathing naked here, you’re embarrassing her. And here we have mosquito nets set up. You'll trample them all now. Watch where you're going, sheep!
And so it happened. One day, a Ram (that is, a hedgehog) wandered into a damp log, in which the old Uzh was sitting out the heat." And so on...
This technique is good for those who like to play with words, twist them this way and that, find endless meanings even in one short word.
Sunset Second
If games with words do not impress you (because you are in an excited stressful state, for example), then the following technique will help you write your fairy tale. Think about it: what topic would you be interested in talking about right now?
Let the “working” theme of the fairy tale be the problem that you have been scrolling through in your head lately. No money? Doesn't your loved one call? Years go by? Children don't listen?
Once you start writing a story about a topic that is important to you, you may suddenly discover new ways to make money, a new perspective on your relationship with your loved one, and a new perspective on your relationship with your children...
All your worries and sorrows can (and should!) become the theme of your psychotherapeutic fairy tale!
Sunset Third
The third approach is a little more advanced than the first two. It requires visualization. Take the word that catches you most - from those ten words you chose at random...
Imagine the object that this word denotes. Imagine this object in its natural context, live the life of this thing. Draw, in short, a picture inside your imagination. Did you draw it? Well, now - turn the course of natural events in this picture sharply by 180 degrees! That is: imagine what could BREAK this picture... This is a conflict, and this conflict will be the basis of your fairy tale.
For example, I imagine a desk work lamp illuminating a desk with manuscripts scattered across it. And suddenly... The lamp goes out. The room is filled with darkness. What was it? This is the beginning of my unwritten fairy tale...
Sketch out a dozen of these ties. These will be your working preparations for fairy tale therapy... On other days, return to them, re-read them, correct them, make changes... Add new ones to them.
And one fine day one of the plots will wink at you, and you sit down to continue it - the fairy tale will write itself. And the rest of the blanks - they will go into action, continuing the plot you have already started.
Entry Fourth... and the last one this time.
You are confusing, Purity of the Unopened Leaf...
Many of us have a fear of the “blank page”... That is why even many genius writers write on unimaginable scraps of paper - on napkins, receipts...
To overcome this fear, the sheet needs to be stained... with scribbles. That is why, by the way, the drafts of many geniuses are full of drawings in the margins.
Place your pen on a blank sheet of paper and begin to draw intricate lines, shading the sheet, as very little children do.
At some point, your hand will want to stop on its own. Look at this "drawing". Try to see something meaningful in it. Write down any associations that arise.
Now (without stopping!) start writing coherent sentences about these associations.
And finally...
Once again I want to draw the attention of all readers: do not try to write a fairy tale that looks like a small, polished literary masterpiece! Write quickly, without thinking about either the logic of the development of events or the “character development” of the characters.
You are writing a psychotherapeutic text!
His tactical goal is to be written down!
Its strategic goal is to make you healthy physically and mentally!
Before elegant stories (perhaps) begin to emerge from your pen, you will need to spew out “thousands of tons of verbal ore” from your unconscious. And every such evil, bad, clumsy fairy tale will be an important step that will bring you closer to a cure for chronic stress and confusion in your head.
And now we suggest playing several games with psychological cards and testing your abilities in writing fairy tales.
Exercise No. 1 “Ten words and phrases”
Write ten words on a piece of paper - ten common nouns, maybe phrases (table, chair, lamp, window, tin can, sweet pea...)
Now write a story using all these ten words and linking them together in meaning.
WHERE DO I GET TEN WORDS FROM?
And here's where it comes from - from one random card of the "1000 Roads" deck! Look at it and take words and phrases from there.
PROHIBITIONS IN THE GAME:
You cannot take words from the TEXT of the card, only from the PICTURE!!!
You can’t compose a “story based on a map” - you can only take images from it for your own, OTHER story, about something completely, completely different. For example, the card “Country Fair”, and you have a story about a spaceship on Mars. It’s more interesting, more creative. Anyone who did not understand and made up a story based on the card is disqualified as a player!!!
RULES OF THE GAME:
two players receive the same card,
everyone chooses their 10 words from the picture of the card (silently),
silently writes them down on a piece of paper,
and then everyone silently sits down to write - their own short fairy tale on the same card as their partner,
time – 7 minutes.
fairy tales are not signed with the player's name,
At the end of the work, both fairy tales are read by the Presenter - to the public - without explanation - which fairy tale was written by Masha, which by Marina.
The Anonymous Fairy Tale, which wins the Audience Award, is awarded a real gift. Its Author too.
At the end of the game, a sharing analysis is held with the performance of each voter - why did you like one fairy tale more and the second less...
those who act out their fairy tale themselves become members of the voting jury and picky listeners (so that the losers are not offended).
Exercise No. 2 “What could disrupt this picture?”
“Two teams” play again. Only now there is only one player on one team, and all the other training participants on the second team.
One Player (Customer of the brainstorm) chooses consciously (but spontaneously if he wants) one card from the deck of 1000 Roads. (It will definitely be somehow connected with his real problems).
The Customer Player looks at the picture and worsens it - turning the course of natural events in this picture sharply by 180 degrees! That is, it creates a Conflict or Problem.
Usually this is done by taking a “good card” and “making it worse.”
For example:
– I imagine a desk work lamp illuminating a table with manuscripts. Suddenly the lamp goes out. The room is dark. What is this? What to do? This is the beginning...
The rest of the players (team) must solve the problem positively.
Therefore, they all together draw another spontaneous card “1000 Roads” as an answer to the question asked by the customer - what to do in such a situation and what was it all about...
Then, silently, each player of the second team writes HIS OWN Option - answer, advice and help.
So, using two identical “1000 Roads” cards, each player composes HIS OWN Story-Recipe. Operating time – 10 minutes.
The presenter collects the leaves from the second team and reads out all the healing fairy tales in turn, without naming their authors.
The Customer Player selects and awards the 3 best (in his opinion) fairy tales. If there are few players (5 or fewer people), only one best tale is awarded.
Elena Nazarenko
A fairy tale is a powerful weapon against bad mood, insomnia, and injustice. She is capable of re-educating, shaming, hinting. And what’s important is that anyone can compose it. How to do it? We will tell you how to write a fairy tale that will please, surprise and be remembered for a long time.
Develop your imagination
In order to write a fairy tale, you need inspiration. The chances that it will come after a working day or while cleaning the house are small. Then where to look for it? The answer is clear – among children. Playing with them in the sandbox, observing their spontaneous behavior, you can begin to fantasize together. Children will definitely be inspired to think about how to write a fairy tale.
This is exactly what Alan Alexander Milne, the author of the famous story about Christopher Robin and Winnie the Pooh, once did. He was not a children's author, but playing with his son, listening to him and his ideas, the writer created a world-famous bestseller.
Select genre
It is impossible to determine when fairy tales appeared, since they belonged to oral folk art. They were told to young children in order to reason, educate, and convey an edifying message. Since then, all stories for children have been divided into three categories (genres).
- Magical– the plot contains magical objects or events (self-assembled tablecloth, transformations).
- About animals– the main characters are animals endowed with human qualities (the life of animals in a mitten).
- Social and household– people of different classes appear, everyday or social problems are raised (the story of the porridge with an ax).
Genres may overlap, but it is better to determine the main genre line in advance.
Think about the topic and main idea
You need to think about what the fairy tale will be about. It is advisable to put the wording in one sentence, since specifics at the beginning of the work contribute to its advancement.
The peculiarity of fairy tales is that they must teach something. A fairy tale without a moral is like a joke without a funny ending.
But the teaching must be carefully veiled. That is, not speaking directly is bad, giving the little reader the opportunity to draw conclusions himself, to push him to them. When the theme, as well as the main idea, are determined, it will become clear how to write the fairy tale further.
Determine your target audience
Books for adults do not have return restrictions; they do not say “recommended reading for people aged 30 to 40 or 50+.” But children's fairy tales are always designed for an audience of a certain age - preschoolers, primary school students, and so on.
Based on this, it will be easier to form the communication style of the characters and the level of complexity of their speech.
Create unique characters and unusual reality
Baba Yaga, Koschey the Immortal, Puss in Boots are bright, interesting characters that a novice storyteller would be better off forgetting. An interesting, unique character with a fancy name is a guarantee that you will want to read the text.
What matters is the reality in which the characters will exist. It should be unlike anything else, original. Here you can give free rein to your imagination by inventing, for example, houses with wings, honey roads or a land of pears.
It is worth imagining all the features of this world, every detail in the images of the characters. Children are very attentive readers; they will immediately notice a “blunder” or a contradiction.
How to write a fairy tale so that it is successful? Revive a unique hero and believe in him!
Come up with an interesting plot
In order not to get confused in the events of your own narrative and to follow their logical course, you need to adhere to a certain composition.
- Introduction– interests the audience, makes them want to read the text further. Here we introduce readers to the main character and also give an idea of what the story will be about.
- The beginning– the event that starts everything. The plot should intrigue and introduce you to the essence of what is happening.
- Development of action– in this part of the story the hero encounters obstacles and solves problems. The plot should be interesting and dynamic. Only in this mode will the child read to the main episode.
- Climax- This is the most intense and touching moment of the story. You need to make it so that it takes your breath away from worrying about the main character. How will he get out of this situation? What will it do? Will his true friends help him? What would I do? If there are so many questions in a small head, then the climax part is written perfectly.
- Conclusion– now the worst is behind us. Readers can only enjoy the victory, savor the triumph of good over evil.
Following this plan is how to write a fairy tale so that its plot develops consistently and logically.
Hone your writing skills
To “catch the wave,” you can start by remaking several well-known fairy tales. Or write a fanfic for them (continued). An exercise called “Word Play” will help “stir up the imagination.” What is its meaning?
Here are the lines already written:
An evil wizard bewitched the castle, stealing the princess.
What if they could be mixed?
The evil castle stole the wizard and the princess.
Or like this:
The enchanted princess was looking for the wizard's castle.
This can be continued until a suitable option arises.
Stick to style
- Do not use complex or overly long sentences.
- Avoid lyrical digressions and philosophical reasoning.
- Watch your vocabulary - do not use words that children do not understand.
Adults pick up children's books to distract themselves and relax. And children listen to them in order to be transported to other worlds.
This process should take place unnoticed by them. How to write a fairy tale in such a way as to achieve this? Read and reread your own text, improving it.
Come up with a name
It is best to name your work when it is finished. The plot may change during writing, so there is no need to rush.
It's all in the details
Good conquers evil
This is one of the main features of this type of creativity. Why this happened, the opinions of philologists differ. This topic can be discussed, but the law cannot be broken. The ending must be good.
Magic numbers
When the numbers 3, 7, 12 appear in a fairy tale, they cease to be ordinary. These numbers are real symbols. They add an intriguing mystery to the story: 3 questions, 3 tests, 3 heroes, and so on.
True friend
The main character needs an assistant who will give hints and help in difficulties. You can make it funny. This is a real trend in modern stories. For example, the donkey from the cartoon "Shrek". Making people laugh and supporting them in trouble are the two main functions of such a character.
Means of artistic expression
Without hyperbole (exaggeration), antithesis (contrast), constant epithets (the beautiful maiden), vivid comparisons, it will not be possible to create a colorful speech atmosphere. Their role in the text is very important, since it is the means of artistic expression that form images in our minds. A person who wants to learn how to write a fairy tale needs to master this artistic weapon.
Author's position
How to write a fairy tale? It’s quite simple if you have the desire, develop your imagination and have enough time. By following our advice, you can create a unique, interesting story that will become a favorite for many.
- To compose a fairy tale, we need to remember everything we know:
features of a fairy tale;
construction of a fairy tale (saying, beginning, ending);
fairy-tale heroes;
fairy-tale situations;
magical transformations;
fabulous helpers. - We need to decide where and when the action will take place (in ancient times, in the modern world, in the future). A lot will depend on this: the description of magical situations, the appearance of the heroes and magical assistants.
- The most important thing is to determine the character, appearance, and actions of external heroes.
- All events and fairy-tale situations that will occur in a fairy tale must be thought through in detail, their sequence must be determined, not forgetting about triple repetitions.
- Questions that may help:
What trouble happened to the hero (witchcraft, kidnapping, persecution)?
Who helps the hero and how?
What happens to the hero, what enemies does he face? (We must not forget about magical transformations)
How do the hero's adventures end? - It is necessary to determine in whose name the fairy tale will be written.
- It is advisable to correlate the main idea of the fairy tale with a proverb or saying.
Once upon a time there lived a girl Masha. She was small, but very responsible and neat. Her best friends were the doll Dasha, the toy unicorn Baby and the cat Barsik. Of all his toys, Masha did not like only the big green troll with evil eyes. But the troll didn’t like her either. And he planned a terrible dirty trick.
It was late. Masha went to bed and closed her eyes. Through her sleep, she heard some rustling and hoarse muttering. Masha sat up on the bed and wanted to see what happened. Suddenly the bed quickly began to increase in size and so did the whole room. Masha walked down the blanket to the floor. She became small, like her toy baby. And from under the table a large green troll hobbled towards her, muttering spells as he walked. Masha screamed in fright and at the same moment the Baby’s horn stuck into the troll’s side. But the unicorn was too small.
- Run, Masha! - the Kid managed to shout when the Troll lifted him into the air with one hand and threw him under the closet.
Holding his side with one hand, the troll walked towards Masha. And the girl ran... But her legs could barely move - another troll’s witchcraft. He was already close when the fists of the Dasha doll blocked his path.
- Don't be afraid, Masha! - the doll shouted.
But the troll threw her away and said to Masha:
- No one will save you!
Suddenly, two huge green eyes glowed in the darkness. Masha was scared, and so was the troll. Masha's toy assistants come to life are one thing, a real live cat is another. The huge cat used sharp claws and teeth. Then Barsik turned to Masha and said: “Get up, Masha!” It's time to go to kindergarten.
Masha opened her eyes and saw her mother. Barsik was lying on the bed and purring. The troll was nowhere to be seen. The girl took out Baby and Dasha, sat them next to Barsik and hugged all three. Then she ran to the kindergarten.
