Tuesday, 7 March 2023

Classically missing

Classics are always being reinvented.

The Wicked Witch of the West escaped her story as a side character in the Wizard of Oz. Pride and Prejudice was dropped into a world of zombies. Romeo and Juliet have been transposed into more scenarios than most of us thought imaginable.

One reason that these stories keep being reinvented is because they are so good. Another, however, is that there are key elements missing from a lot of these stories. Diversity. Technology. Modern ideology…

You've probably thought there was something missing when you were reading a classic. Revisit one of your favourites and see if there's a key element missing that you could bring to the story.

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