Practice Writing

Day 2: I may have discovered a flaw in Tangled

This one is full of run-ons. I might tell the entire story until I have a real plot to work with. It's also not descriptive in a flowery way. It's more of summarizing. Ugh. One of these days I'll get it.

One of my favorite movies is Tangled. Tangled tells the story of Rapunzel through unhealthy parenting. In the beginning of the story, a drop of sun lands on the ground and a magic golden flower grows there. Soon after, the king of Corona sends search parties to find the flower so he can give it to the queen who is having complications during childbirth. In the background, we see Gothel, who had been hiding the flower and using it for herself to stay young and beautiful for hundreds of tears. When they take the flower to the queen, she is healed and Rapunzel is born. They celebrate her birth by releasing a floating lantern into the sky.

One night while the king and queen are asleep, Gothel climbs the castle and enters their bedroom through the balcony. She approaches Rapunzel while singing the incantation. The baby's hair begins to glow and Gothel uses scissors to cut a strand of her hair. Gothel gasps in horror when the strand of cut hair turns brown and loses its healing power. Then she grabs Rapunzel up and hurries to the balcony. Rapunzel's crying wakes the king and queen just in time for them to see Gothel disappear with their child. Even after searching and searching, they cannot find the princess.

Every year on Rapunzel's birthday, the entire kingdom releases flying lanterns in hoped that someday they will find her. Meanwhile, not so far away, Gothel and Rapunzel are living in a tower that is hidden away in the forest. Rapunzel asks Gothel, who she calls "mommy", why she can't go outside. Gothel tells her that the world is to dangerous and that she has to stay in the tower where it's safe. But being stuck in the tower doesn't completely keep Rapunzel from the outside world. Each year, she watched the flying lanterns on her birthday. Although she has no idea what they are, she feels deep down that the lanterns are for her.