Here is the link to my new website - Fairy Tale Mash-Up
My storybook will contain stories that are based on fairytale mash-ups between Alice in Wonderland and the Land of Oz. I hope you enjoy them!
My storybook will contain stories that are based on fairytale mash-ups between Alice in Wonderland and the Land of Oz. I hope you enjoy them!
Image information: Characters from The Wizard of Oz from the 1939 film. Web Source.
Hi Arianna! I love the concept of your project! I think the idea of a mashup is really creative, and the way you lay out the two stories highlights how well they'll pair, given that they both involve a strange journey through a new place. I was, however, a little confused about how you’re making the switch happen. You mention Dorothy going to Wonderland and Alice going to Oz, but then it sounds like you’re having them go on their original adventures and the other character just happens to be part of the story. I’m wondering how you’re going to work Alice in as already being in Oz, and the same for Dorothy in Wonderland. I assumed you were going to write Alice traveling to Oz, and Dorothy traveling to Wonderland. Granted, then they wouldn’t necessarily encounter each other. Anyway, you’ve definitely got me intrigued, and I can’t wait to see more of this project!
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ReplyDeleteI really like your concept for you project! I doubt anyone has done this before but the world switching may be more common than you think! There was one question that came to mind while reading your intro. Are Dorothy and Alice going to eachother's world after already visiting their respective worlds? How would they know that the other wasn't always there to begin with? Will the both be in the same dream? Anyways, I bet those details are going to be explained with the stories so I look forward to reading them.
Hello Arianna,
ReplyDeleteWhat a great and creative story! I love the idea of having a mash-up, because that is something that is often unseen. Reading your intro makes me curious as to how you will incorporate both characters into the story. I can't wait to read the rest and find out all of the details!
Arianna,
ReplyDeleteFirst of all I LOVE your concept! It is so different and original. I am doing my storybook about the witches of Oz so I am really excited to see what you do with this storybook. Secondly, I adore the graphic you found. I think it perfectly encompasses what you are trying to achieve here and it really drew me in when I came to your website. I will say I wanted something a little more out of your introduction. You may consider taking it out of first person, or giving it a narrator who can tie the two lands together. Explain how dorothy and Alice are going to get to the separate lands? It just seemed a little clinical and informational to me, and you have sooo many good things to work with with these two lands. Anyways, good luck with your storybook and I cannot wait to see where this goes!
Hello Arianna! Your idea is so different and creative. You've done some awesome work putting together these two stories! I really love it because I previously never thought about them as similar. If I think about it, they both have characteristics of (I think) Joseph Campell's definition of the Epic Hero from his novel, Hero With A Thousand Faces. His definition basically states that an epic hero is a hero who is called to defeat an evil - which at first they don't really want to do but in the end they give in to their destiny. It is a really interesting book which excerpts you can find online if that interests you. It is really cool that these stories were your favorites as a kid. Something I would like to see is a more detailed comparison, like mentioning how both Dorothy and Alice "fall" into these strange and magical worlds. The introduction, right now, feels more like an essay than an introduction to some really fantastic stories. You have done a good job so far, so keep it up!
ReplyDeleteHi Arianna! I love the idea of your storybook! Growing up, I also liked The Wizard of Oz and Alice and Wonderland, these are two classic stories, and I can't wait to see what you do with tying the two together. The images that you included in your storybook were very cute and helped with reemphasizing the stories you are going to talk about. In your introduction, I liked that you gave the readers a small over view of the two stories and then emphasizing what will happen in your retelling. Is Wonderland and the Land of Oz going to be similar to the original places? While your introduction is well written, it left me wanting to know more. You may consider adding a little more detail into what you are going to be doing with the retelling. Maybe include a little back story of the two places that the characters will be visiting. Overall, I am excited to see where your storybook goes and cant wait to read other parts of it!
ReplyDeleteHey Arianna! The title of your storybook immediately grabbed my attention, because I was already familiar with the names! I love the story of the Wizard of Oz and I have always loved Alice and Wonderland as well! I never thought of incorporating those two characters together, so I can't wait to see how you do it and what new twists you throw in the stories to make them more interesting. They are classic stories that mostly everybody has heard of, so that's a great topic to write about for sure. I liked that you mentioned how you are going to start off the stories and how you will incorporate the other characters in. I also think the pictures you included are super cute! I love the pictures because it adds to the whole theme of meshing two stories together into one big one! Good luck with the story, I can't wait to read the rest of it!
ReplyDeleteHello Arianna. I love the creativity of your choice for your storybook project. I would not have thought of mashing two things up to make one story. In the introduction, there is a line that says, "I will be basing my movie primarily around the Oz books;" I am not sure if you meant to put movie in this sentence. In the paragraph following this one, you mention the second fantasy novel, so that led me to think you meant novel, possibly. I love both of these movies and I am excited to see what you do with it in your stories. I look forward to reading the stories ahead. I want to know how you tie them all together. You did great work.
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ReplyDeleteI just want to say that you succeeded it choosing a very unique project idea! I would have never thought to write something quite like this. For some reason, these two stories are just completely different from each other, but when you wrote small summaries for each, I realized they are actually quite similar. Two young girls go on adventures in different worlds. The stories were even written pretty close in time to each other, relatively speaking. Anyways, your introduction was really good. It gave me a great idea of what to expect with this story. The first story was super well written, it didn't feel like a chore to read it. The content was also enjoyable! I liked that it was pretty quick to the point to, speeding through the important parts of Dorothy's story. I was wondering when Alice was going to come in, and I have to say that you are right. You chose a great time to add her in. I can't wait to read the next installment.
Arianna,
ReplyDeleteI love the two stories you chose to weave together! I was wondering when Alice would come in, and how that would go, so I am excited to see what happens in your next story!
I think you really condensed the material here well, to fit within the word limit. I know that must be a challenge since you are retelling two very long stories. It did feel a little fast at first, but I understand you needed to get to the heart of the story. The only suggestion I can really think of would maybe be to break the writing up a little bit. Right now, it all runs together, so maybe a line break or extra space between lines where the story shifts gears would be helpful. Such as between where Dorothy passed out, and her waking up in Oz. It would help distinguish different sections, I believe.
This story is set up to really be something interesting! I can’t wait to see where it goes. 😊
Hey Arianna, I really enjoyed your concept for your project! I really doubt that anyone has done this before and the flipping the world seems really rare storytelling style! There was one question that came to mind while reading your story, are Dorothy and Alice going to each other's world after the event they have experienced in their original story? Are they experiencing same dreams? I really enjoyed your story and I hope that you keep up the good work! I will be looking forward to read your future stories.
ReplyDeleteHi, Arianna!
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of this Storybook; mashups are so fun! However, when I began reading your first story, I could not help but feel like Alice is getting shorted somehow. She is mentioned as a character in your Introduction, but does not appear until the end of the first story. As I was reading, I felt distracted, wondering when Alice was going to arrive. I know you said that the Storybook will lean more towards The Wizard of Oz than Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, but I think you have a lot of cool opportunities to tie-in more components of Wonderland. For example, what if Dorothy's house had crushed the Queen of Hearts instead of the Wicked Witch? What if instead of water and berries, Dorothy and the Scarecrow had eaten the shrinking cakes?
Regardless of what you decide, I cannot wait to read more and see how your stories continue to grow!
Hi Arianna,
ReplyDeleteYour storybook is looking good. Your site is very clean and easy to navigate, and I love the color scheme. I wonder if there is something visual you can add which would represent Alice and her world? Since the writing a mash-up, it'd be cool if you could visually mash the two. I have never edited photos, but I'm sure it could be easy to use a photo editing app which would allow you to put two photos together.
In regards to the writing, I think the best thing you could do is stylistically develop your intro. Right now your intro is very author's note-esque. Perhaps you could have the narrator take on more of a character and has discovered the story. Or has gathered people to share the story. This way the readers are immediately situated to your story and are introduced not only to the idea of your story, but also the narrator and the style of your storytelling.
Hi Arianna,
ReplyDeleteI chose to read your story because it is categorized as 'finished' so I'm excited to read a complete work!
I think your mash-up of Dorothy and Alice is brilliant! On their own, both of these characters are a little bit wonderstruck and curious. They are also in search of the same thing: to find their way home.
Overall, I think you have done a great job of blending the two stories. However, I would have loved to see more of Wonderland in Oz. It would have been cool if the poppies that caused to seep were also the talking flowers of Wonderland. The stories end on a bit of a cliff hanger, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, I was just hoping to see the story resolved. It would have been interesting to find out if Alice and Dorothy's paths ever crossed again in the real world (despite the fact that Alice is British and Dorothy is from Kansas).
Aside from your story, I really like the way both your blog and your website is set up. It is really clean and easy to follow.