Vivian Vande Velde

  Writers face a unique challenge when they base their stories on fairy tales. If their story is close to the original, it’s called a “re-telling” and often is criticized as not being close enough. If the story is obviously intended to be different, it’s called “inspired by the original” but then is still criticized, usually because it’s not different enough. All of this misses the point. Whether a story is inspired or a re-telling [...]