For my storybook I was thinking about writing engagement announcements for famous couples in mythology. When people get engaged now-a-days they normally have a grand story and some like to share it on engagement announcement websites. There are many stories where boy meets girl, they fall in love, they get married. I was going to use the story of Cupid and Psyche , the story of Persephone, and the story of Zeus and Hera. There are so many love stories out there that I just need to find and read, but I am open to suggestions of crazy love stories that would make great engagement stories.
Bibliography:
1. "Cupid and Psyche" by Ovid, from Metamorphoses (8 AD). Web source: Wikipedia.
2. "Persephone's Fate" by Ovid, from Metamorphoses (8 AD). Web source: Wikipedia.
3. "The Marriage of Zeus and Hera" by Pausanias from Description of Greece. Web Source: Theoi Greek Mythology.
Possible Styles:
Modern Day. In this style I would talk about the stories as if they happened in 2016. This would be interesting and different, especially because the characters would be gods and goddesses or animals, or mermaid. Also its not very acceptable to marry your sister or kidnap your fiancé. How people fall in love and get married today is much different from how they do in mythology stories so it would be fun to try and change it to make it sound modern.
Males Perspective. These stories would be told in the opposite side of what we normally hear them. So maybe I would tell the story of Persephone in Hades perspective to show the audience his way of thinking throughout the whole kidnapping and what not. This wouldn't always have to be in the males perspective technically. It would just be the side of the story that we do not know.
Fly on the Wall. In this style it would be as if the characters didn't know there was someone else in the room with them. The person (fly) telling the story would just be observing their actions and listening to them talk without really know what is going on. The fly would have funny commentary and maybe reasonable thinking, to kind of put what is going on into perspective as far as how strange greek mythology can be.
Reality TV. These stories would be told as if this was going on in a reality T.V. so there would be breakaways and commentary from the people in the stories. There would be the man and women involved maybe in some stories like "Cupid and Psyche", Venus could pop in and add her thoughts. Other ones friends and family would voice their opinion all while the story is being told.
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