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Have it not so much a beast as an ideal that they are fighting against, perhaps a law that the king cannot abolish without upsetting the people so to get a prince who could take the fall and survive would make him worthy.

the beast could be a man-eating lion.

Or a man eating lion.

it became such a beast when as a young cub, it’s pride was wiped out, as it watched it’s very own mother skinned before it’s very eyes as it crouched in the tall grasses. As a cub it was forced to attack the girls that went to the watering hole for water, for they were the only ‘food’ it could catch to survive. A helpless creature that grew into a beast that menaced the creature that created it.

A lion with adamantium fur and laser eyes sent from the far future.

Yeah, it is very cliche.

have the great beast as a disease and the prince a scientist :P

Back when your grandfather was young, this probably wasnt cliche, quite original perhaps.

sOUNDS INTERESTING….

Look at this from the dragons perspective

As the moon’s crimson light seeped into my eyes, I felt the surge of the beast within. The strength of the mutating energy tore my clothes asunder, scales covered my skin, my body elongated and strengthened through the pain then I blacked out.

When I woke, I was in the stable, naked and covered in blood. The charred remains of what was once the kings finest horses scattered around me. The curse… again.

Gypsy Pirate wrote:
what if though, what if it is not a curse? what if she is fully aware of everything she does and enjoys it as every creature must come to terms with their own vile nature. especially humans. she is not evil, she simply does what she must to survive.the princess is the beast.

Brilliant idea.

Take her from the middle class. It is always royalty, nobles or peasants that get mention. How about someone with mediocre origins who doesnt slave or have slaves?

Merhcant or working class. Middle class is quite large.

A suggestion.

How about….(following from where you left off)

Thomas threw the book down in disgust. “Not another fairy story” he muttered.

Magical story books where dimensions meet.

There have been a couple of very successful books like this. They tend to capture people’s imaginations more than just a regular fantasy story.

The play in a play literary device?

why not?

Labyrinth, The Neverending story

there’s always the chance for a variation on a theme.

Boy (or girl) reads book, gets fed up and throws it across room. Book hits wall and tears binding. Boy hears sound, thinks “Oh crap, I’ll be in trouble for that” and picks book up.
Something small drops out (make it what you want) and rolls under the bed. Boy, with book in hand still, bends down to look under and is sucked into a new world….

Many variations on this.

How about a future society where a boy (or girl) finds a strange book.. mixing the future fantasy with a past fantasy

He could even use the book as his guide….Journey to the centre of the earth style….

I’ve been told I have a vivid imagination..lol

Monkey reads book, throws it at a tree, but it stops mid air, faces the monkey, opens up, flips through a few pages where a picture of the world is. The monkey is mesmerised by this, focussing entirely on the picture. Finally looking away, the monkey realises it is in the pictured world and starts to search for a way back.

yep, personification and anthropomorphism

necrocyberanthropomorphis - dead robot people style

oh..my…..

you back, Gypsy?

I’ve always wanted to write an epic fantasy

I always wanted to get the motivation to finish a story worth writing.

To finish one? You’ve got one nearly finished?

I was in the mood the other day and typed up a page in a few minutes. I looked at it later, then emailed it to a friend for feedback. They said it was like a Hardy Boys adventure.
The kind of thing kids would love…

So, now I have these ideas in my head. argh!!

cailean wrote:
To finish one? You’ve got one nearly finished?I was in the mood the other day and typed up a page in a few minutes. I looked at it later, then emailed it to a friend for feedback. They said it was like a Hardy Boys adventure.The kind of thing kids would love…So, now I have these ideas in my head. argh!!

To finish one. I rarely get past a few pages, so I make a short story.

That’s better than thinking about them for years and never thinking you’re good enough to even start one! :s

No worries, good luck.

you’re welcome! this might have been enough for me to try my hand at writing after all

cheers.

if you don’t like to follow the pattern of the fairytale then you might as well end it up with the King overpowering the monster and that all the suitors have not done anything to help the king. And so at the end of your story, the daughter is spared from marrying anyone. What do you think?

Just some randomness;
What if you portray everything as you said initially but them come to realize the suitors are actually coming to try to kill her. The princess is unknowingly a shape shifter that is killing animals and people. When she is asleep or what not her shape shifter side, like a split personality, come out to “play”. Like a real split personality, her second personality manifested to protect her from something. Maybe another creature that also is attacking the city. Maybe the story can point out, there is not true good and evil, just many shades of grey. Show everyone has the ability to be good and bad. Just my randomness. Good luck.