Storybook plan

As I'm sure I've made clear with some of my previous stories, I really love Greek mythology, and I plan to center my storybook around the nine muses. Sources like Ovid's Metamorphoses, Virgil's Aeneid, and Homer's Odyssey will all be great inspiration for me while I'm writing.

I'm thinking my storybook will look more like an anthology of separate stories, but the stories will be connected -- many will feature some of the same characters and allude to one another, just like when reading Greek mythology. I hope that each week, one muse will tell a story. For example, one week Erato might narrate the story, while another week Calliope narrates a story. 

I'd really like to incorporate some of the themes that fables generally have, like morals, because I love those too. I plan to try to combine the flowy, descriptive writing and the compelling and complex stories of mythology with the lessons and messages that come across with fables. 

My idea with titling my storybook "The Gospel Truth" -- aside from the obvious Hercules reference -- is framing the stories around the idea that past tellers of the myths haven't been completely reliable narrators for one reason or another. Maybe they were in love with the antagonist, or maybe they were jealous of the protagonist's beauty. The muses in my stories have decided to dedicate themselves to finally telling the gospel truth and letting the readers know what really happened.

The five muses from Hercules (1997). Source: Hero Fandom