Storybook Plan

First of all I think the unTextbook will be a very useful resource as a sort of jumping off point. I think Wikipedia will also be useful for foundational ideas. I plan on lots of other adaptations of the stories I choose as inspiration. I will also be going through former students story books for ideas.

I think I definitely want to do an anthology. I think it would be the most fun to tell trickster stories that myself and most people are unfamiliar with, so I will definitely be enlisting your help this week to get some of those ideas rolling. I am still undecided if I want to have a nine-taled fox story or a story about Kagn, but I will be doing much deliberating this week to get a concrete idea of what it is that I want to do.

I guess the main theme I am going for with my stories is that I want them to be fun. This might sound very simple, but no one likes to be bored. I think if I can make stories that people enjoy reading without it feeling like a chore or homework then it will be mission accomplished. The second thing I am really going for is to showcase the wit of some of these infamous tricksters. Finally, I want to tell unfamiliar stories to expose myself and classmates to new things. I personally love learning new things, and I have to be constantly taking in new information. Especially in the era of entertainment that we are in with the constant remakes, reboots, and sequels I think it is important to tell new stories. I am not a fan of milking a franchise for all its worth. We need some fresh stories.

An Aztec trickster god. Source

Check at my very bare bones story book project so far here.