Im writing a childrens chapter book about fairies and I'm stuck. Its about a girl who is fairy named Melina and she hasnt discovered it yet. She was put on earth when she was a baby by her father, the fairy king to save her from the dark fairy, her mothers sister. Her father dies trying to save her. She is found by newlyweds and they decide to raise her. On the night of her 13th birthday, her guardian fairy comes down to earth to bring her to "fairyland", its in the clouds. She meets her mother there (the fairy queen) and discovers a lot about her past. She then is trained to use magic. And goes on a journey with Terra to save herself and Fairyland. She tries to defeat the DARK FAIRY, Maladora!!!
Im not sure how the journey starts or what happens after that.
I really would appreciate some ideas and comments.
I'm trying to do this a little bit Cornelia Funke style. This book probably sounds silly to most of you, but all the kids i've asked loved the idea and this is a kids book!
2006-12-26 07:48:59 · 16 answers · asked by girly 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Maybe it should have something to do with her father's death, maybe something only she remembers,,or maybe something connected with the dark fairy, who can't be all that excited to have her suddenly back after all those years,,maybe she had a special family pendant left with her when she was a baby that the dark fairy wants..or maybe she has a memory locked inside her long forgotten that the dark fairy either doesn't want found out, or wants to find out...I already want to read this!! It sounds great!! (and I am 37, not a kid for sure!!)
2006-12-26 07:56:19 · answer #1 · answered by Tracerd 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like you're on to a good start but I must warn you - DO NOT EVER POST ANYTHING LIKE THIS AGAIN! People WILL steal your ideas!
I'm a writer and am working on several novels currently and I would NEVER do this. There are plenty of blooks on plot that can help you with this.
But since you did..here's my advice:
Its about a girl who is fairy named Melina and she hasnt discovered it yet. She was put on earth when she was a baby by her father, the fairy king to save her from the dark fairy, her mothers sister. Her father dies trying to save her. She is found by newlyweds and they decide to raise her. THIS IS ALL BACKSTORY TO BE SHOWN THROUGH FLASHBACKS, ETC.
On the night of her 13th birthday, her guardian fairy comes down to earth to bring her to "fairyland", its in the clouds. THIS IS WHERE YOUR STORY SHOULD START.
She meets her mother there (the fairy queen) and discovers a lot about her past. She then is trained to use magic.
And goes on a journey with Terra to save herself and Fairyland. She tries to defeat the DARK FAIRY, Maladora!!!
A plot works like this:
There's a problem
Problem gets worse and worse and worse and when you think it's getting better, it gets worse again
Resolution of the problem
This is how every story works.
So, your problem is that an evil fairy is trying to destroy fairyland? OK. So, you need to throw a lot of conflict and obstacles in here that are stopping the protagonist from reaching her goal (saving fairy land) It has to appear as if the evil fairy will win and then the protagonist somehow saves the day.
A few tips:
Always start your story where the excitement begins and let the backstory be shown through flashbacks, etc. throughout the story.
Make sure you know the point of view that your want to use (omniscient, limited 3rd person, etc.) Each POV will affect how the story flows.
Make sure you research your topic (fairies) in detail before you begin, otherwise, your book will come off as novice and fake
Make sure you leave cliffhangers to keep the kids turning the pages
Read a few books in the genre to see what the trends are and try to add something new. The same old plot will just get overlooked.
Email me if you need names of books. I know a ton.
2006-12-26 08:02:22 · answer #2 · answered by 11:11 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As a transitional part of the book, you might try using a old image of "You can't go home", and building upon it by adding the concept that what you left home for isn't there anymore.
Maladora is temporarily victorious and both Fairlyland and Earth are transformed by her malevolent powers shortly after Mellina leaves on her quest. Undaunted, Melina realizes that if she is victorious over Maladora what is left of Fairlyland and Earth would be a better place without her, and there would be the chance that both could be restored by future generations over a long period of time. Melina would not see the results, but her descendants would.
Melina is victorious, and Maladora's power to transform both places is unexpectedly transferred to Melina upon Maladora's demise. Melina then uses this new power to restore Fairyland and Earth to their former state.
2006-12-27 01:14:47 · answer #3 · answered by djlachance 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it needs a darker edge. Is that what you meant by "Cornelia Funke style?"
For Marketability sakes the girl needs a stronger name, and there should be something different about her from the other little girls, something socially damaging that changes when she discovers who she really is. Like funny shaped or oversized ears or something but more sad.
As for the adventure, what you need to unstick yourself is subtext. What are you trying to say about our society with this book. All the great stories had complex subtextual message that people are still discovering and debating. Actually I think the more complex the subtext is the easier it will be to write, in fact i know it.
What social issues is at the forefront of your mind right NOW.
That's it. That's the issue you need to explore in this story without anybody figuring out what you're actually saying for about the next 20 years.
Good luck, and i wanna hear more.
What's the proposed or working title?
Don't use FLASHBACKS.
2006-12-26 08:06:58 · answer #4 · answered by Soundjata 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
On her way there,Terra gets hurt.So Melina has to go by herself.On her way there she gets stuck in some jungle.So she has to defeat the animals there and got to Maladora`s castle.By the time she gets there she has to defeat Maladora.Melina beats MAladora and Terra feels better and Fairyland was saved.Seven years later,when Melina is 20,Melina takes her mother`s place as a queen.She marries some king and they lived happily ever after!
If u choosse mine add some details...GOOD LUCK!!
2006-12-26 07:59:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
well..maladora has her spies all over fairy land..they try to stop melina by pretending they r good and will show her the right way to go through..which will be a trap
she may meet a little creature who needs help,and as melina is a good fairy she will try to help it..that's when the little creature turn into a violent monster..she can use her magic to trap it in a problem somehow....she may meet talking lights...she may ride a little cloud and the wind carries her at the end to maladora castle of darkness where all the lights fade and all the colours turn into grayscale but the eyes of maladora which melina can spot in the dark....maladora helped by her fairy giant bats tryes to capture melina but she captures terra instead...mm mmm...am out of ideas now :(
2006-12-26 08:14:13 · answer #6 · answered by privacy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
me loves it :D
maybe dark fairy was good and light before.. but she wanted to marry a human and she was not allowed by the king..
resulting in her cursing every fairy in fairy land,
that every fairy wanting to visit earth would die..
or maybe she killed all baby fairys out of vengance..
or something,
making the king hiding his daughter to save her in the one place she would not look, as she banned all fairys from earth!
or something;p
when 13 year old little fairy gets back in fairyland, all has to be in secret meetings..
cuss dark fairy cant find her before she is fully trained..
so that she can win the dark battle, save all fairys , and undo the curse
or maybe there was a war of some kind, that made all fairys have to hide from beeing destructed by the light of dimension traveling to earth..
hihi;) am almost writing it myself;p
have fun!
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2014-09-13 02:21:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't know who cornelia funke is, but i have some ideas.
how bout the guardian fairy comes to get Melina BECAUSE maladora is causing some sort of imminent threat on fairyland, and eventually trying to take over regular humans! perhaps she wants to make humans slaves or something, or sap them of their happiness in order to diminish the amount of fairies (are u playing on the thing from peter pan, everytime a human loses faith in fairies, one will die??) so that Maladora would become queen of the diminutive race of fairies...
hmm.. perhaps maladora could send her bad fairies to earth and cause them to stop believing in "good" fairies, but show themselves to make humans only believe, and be afraid, of "bad fairies". so Fear can fuel the bad fairies, and Faith can fuel the good fairies. this can be done easily because Maladora can probably show herself as a Beautiful, sweet fairy, and then turn malicious and bring Fear into human's minds regarding Any fairy.
sooo.... then melina can be tapped to learn the good fairy ways, and appeal to the "good" nature in humans, so that they face their fears...... thereby thwarting maladora. something along those lines!
good luck~
2006-12-26 07:59:06 · answer #9 · answered by sasmallworld 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Any book you read has plot twist like have the Dark fairy be her Aunt or some thing related to her.
Why was the girl abondoned?
Is she Upset about it?
Does she have a sidekick?
Have her learn a spell she can't use till very end.
For kids books have life lessons in it: Like sharing, caring ,etc
2006-12-26 07:57:39 · answer #10 · answered by FIRE § 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋