There has been a trend in the past few decades of retelling fairy tales or other old stories. This could mean putting them in a modern time period or in another setting or changing other details about the story. This is an effective technique since fairy tales tend to be universal stories that many cultures…
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Muse on Monday – April 7, 2025
I used to wonder, in the story Jack and the Beanstalk, how the giant’s castle stayed up in the clouds. What’s more, what did they do with their garbage? If they dug down, could they poke through the cloud or was it solid? The answer to all these questions is, of course, it’s magic so…
The Green-Walled Treehouse is on YouTube
The Green-Walled Treehouse is on YouTube! Well, it’s been a long time coming, but we have posted our first video today on our YouTube channel. We will post a video there every week from now on, on Friday. These videos we’re making now are in a series called Let Me Tell You a Story. They…
Writing Corner: The Public Domain
What is the Public Domain? When someone publishes a story, they usually keep the copyright to that story. That means that they are the only one who can sell that story or write other stories with the same characters or setting. For example, as much as you might want to, you cannot publish a story…
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