Fairy Tales

There is also another level to the story — nothing so crude as a straight allegory, but hopefully a fairy tale or mythic level, like the folk tales from around the world. That’s what I hoped to capture, it’s what my writing ability may or may not be able to express. The best fantasies all work on this level: The Earthsea Trilogy, the Lord of the Rings, The Curse of Challion, Harry Potter and several other favorites.

Fairy Tales / Myths / Origin Legends are probably the oldest form of story telling. Most of them date from the days of purely oral culture, and so are simple in form, limited by what both speaker and hearer can  remember without notes and convey in one sitting. Modern fairy tales don’t need to duplicate this simplistic structure, but if one is trying to capture