ABSTRACT
Self-created tales can take a variety of forms but all hold in common the fact that you are the original author. Narratives created by prominent authors fall into this category as well Some of these authors who are also storytellers in the traditional sense craft their stories in oral form to be told to audiences and simultaneously or subsequently publish them in print form to be enjoyed by audiences via reading. These stories can fall into any of the standard genres of narrative except, of course, for traditional literature where the original authorship is unknown. With traditional literature, however, many professional storytellers spend months researching a particular folk tale and then create their own unique variant of it. In these instances, the author, in truth, is designated as the reteller but the process of creation is quite similar to that followed by the author of an original story.
