My father just told me the tale of the lord of the string. It started with a short man man named Bill Bo who had a magic string that would turn him invisible if he wrapped it around his finger.
Imagine my surprise when I learned that Tolkien stole my dad’s story and made it about Bilbo and his magic ring.
You just make up stories about the challenges and happy times that your children have. You make up names and fake scenarios that appreciate kindness and explain how challenges make people better.
My suggestion, makes them up silently in your head when you're going to sleep. Practice it in your thoughts for a while. It'll help you sleep and make you a better story teller.
Also, never let the truth get in the way of a good story.
My dad would always make up stories or tell us stories that are somewhat based on reality (like how he met my mom). He’d also add in his own stuff to our bedtime storybooks. For example, there was an old Christmas book about a Christmas tree that grew so large they had to cut holes through the apartment floors. My dads version was that they all peed on it and that’s why it grew so tall lol
If i only had memories of my kids when they were little, they are only 13 now but i was so much in survival mode i hardly have memory of what should have been some of the best years of my life
Dang I used to do that with video games. Like imagine I'm a historian recoutning events in the game, even trying to do it as a secondary source (as in if we interviewed the main protag), or if I was like a drill sergeant explaining sci fi weapons or tech to recruits.
Need to start doing that again. Got really good sleep doing that in bed haha
I just saved your comment haha. I try to do this in general, but seeing words to the method and reminders of the good characteristics is really worth remembering. Thanks!
Hahaha my son has never credited me like that but he does often has this confused look on his face when a song comes on in the car or wherever, and it’s the proper version of one of the dozens of rock/grunge songs I ‘lullabied’ to him sleep to.
‘Hey I know this song, wait no I don’t, wait I think I do, but it’s DIFFERENT. Dad, DO I KNOW THIS SONG?!’
I tell my kids stories from all their favorite Disney princess movies with different character names. Been doing it for over a year and they've yet to catch on. 4 and 6 now.
My dad told me a story about the Japanese-American Yaki family. Mr. Yaki’s daughter Teri did not like the taste of soy sauce, so Mr. Yaki set out to invent a new sauce, which he named after his beloved daughter. And that’s how we got teriyaki sauce. 🤣🤣
My aunt did that! She is an avid Stephen King fan but changed the stories to have happy endings. IMAGINE MY SURPRISE when Cujo was actually not great, or that the mist didn’t suddenly go away.
When I was in elementary school, we had to write a story in an exam. I've written on it for the whole lesson and got extra time throughout the break. Thought myself a genius for what I wrote.
Turns out, I just copied LoTR (specifically the segment of gollum leading frodo and Sam through the mountains of mordor). And I had no idea that I did so! Probably I was half asleep when my parents watched the movie on TV, maybe just joined for half an hour before bed time.
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u/MisterMrErik 23h ago
My father just told me the tale of the lord of the string. It started with a short man man named Bill Bo who had a magic string that would turn him invisible if he wrapped it around his finger.
Imagine my surprise when I learned that Tolkien stole my dad’s story and made it about Bilbo and his magic ring.