Monthly Writing Theme: April – Secret Worlds

Happy April, Writers! This time the Monthly Writing Theme takes a look into the secret worlds of fantasy and fairy tales.

I don’t know why, but I’ve always found April to be the most magical month. Maybe because it’s the time when the world starts to come alive again, when the grass turns green and colourful flowers burst out of the earth. There was always a sense of something magical happening behind the scenes, a troop of fairies painting the trees and flowers. You might also have heard it called the month of rebirth, a month of new beginnings and exciting adventures. Sounds like the perfect time to put pen to paper, maybe while sitting out in the increasingly warm garden and imagining the fairies watching you.

Journey to Fairyland

♦ The Changeling’s Game: A child, stolen by the fairies, is given one chance to win her freedom. But the game they choose is an odd choice…

♦ Sprites of the Spring: A fairy must choose a spring flower to become her heart. The flower she chooses determines her power, but also her lifespan.

♦ The Moonlight Masquerade: A mysterious invitation invites you to a ball held once every hundred years. Whoever attends will never grow old, but you must sacrifice something important to attend.

Classic fairy tales... with a Twist!

♦ Project Cinderella: The fairy godmother is secretly a scientist, using Cinderella for an experiment. Inside her glass slipper is a tracking device.

♦ Beast and the Beast: The enchanted prince never turns back into a human – instead Beauty asks to be turned into a beast so that they can be together.

♦ The giant and the beanstalk: A desperate giant climbs down a mysterious beanstalk and arrives in a world filled with tiny people.

♦ The Mermaid’s Plot: Instead of trading her voice for legs, the little mermaid hatches a plot to kidnap her prince and turn him into a merman, so that they can be together forever under the sea.

And there you are! Share these with your students or use them yourself to craft your next masterpiece. If you are inspired to write from any of these, please share your short stories in the comments or @tonimoth.

Take a look at more Monthly Writing Themes.