 Action/Adventure: August 12, 2020 Issue [#10316] |
This week: Take the Plunge Edited by: Dawn Embers  
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For action to happen or to reach the start of an adventure, sometimes it requires taking a leap off an edge (metaphorically more often but sometimes also one that is physical) into the unknown. Taking a leap is necessary often in stories but for action and adventures, that is even more common. Stories often start with the status quo or how things already exist for the main characters. It's a comfort zone of sort, whether the character is happy or actually comfortable is a different matter, as it's sort of what they know and are already used to living within. Makes for a good start as a form of introduction in ways but that can't last long or else there often wouldn't be much of a story. Instead, there has to be that change that makes the characters move into action. This newsletter we're going to suggest that takes a plunge into an unknown situation.
"There is no passion in nature so demoniacally impatient, as that of him who, shuddering upon the edge of a precipice, thus meditates a Plunge." - Edgar Allan Poe
Not everyone is going to be happy or want to take the plunge into an adventure. In fact, many will resist any change let alone one with that much effort and possible self-decision type of process. When we look down off the cliff or wherever taking the jump from, there is going to be fear and uncertainty. We don't want to take a leap, to do something different, to write something we have never tried before... I mean, the characters don't want to do the adventure and take the plunge. Okay, I mean both. Writing can also involve a plunge into something unknown and different in genres, characters, word length or many other story features. So, it's not just our characters who are going on the adventure, as the writing process can be one too.
Fear and hesitation are acceptable reactions. We can't let them hold us or the story back, but they do have their place too. Showing some of that when things happen or finding a place to let a little of the facade break to show the reader vulnerability over the situation is helpful to bring the reader more into the story and involved with the character. So, if a little of that finds its way before or even after the plunge, go with it. Just don't let the struggles and desire to stay the same keep the action from happening. Don't let fear stop the story from happening.
"But dare rather to quit the platform, plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep, & swim far, so shall you come back with self-respect, with new power, with an advanced experience, that shall explain & overlook the old. Trust your emotion." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
The plunge isn't just for the writer to create a story or for the character to move into action at the very beginning. There are many opportunities that can come up, especially when writing about an adventure or any story that includes action, for the need to jump or take a leap into an unknown situation. How characters react, deal with the first steps and each result from making a move, those all are part of what help develop the story into something interesting for a reader. How that goes is up to the writer.
Whether you're comfortable in writing actions sequences or it's your first attempt at writing about an adventure, you can take a plunge into something unknown in order to create a tale worthy of the sub-genres. So, I'm hoping this is enough to spark a possible adventure story from you with this newsletter to make something where the character has to take a big change, make a move and of course, take a leap into an unknown. How will you write it? Let's find out. Take a plunge and get writing.
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Has your character taken the plunge yet? What have you done to put in that jump into action/adventure?
"Take one more deep breath, savor it, and plunge forward without thinking. Do not allow yourself hesitation. Do not allow yourself a moment of doubt. Follow your instincts and go where you never would have considered possible." - Corey Taylor
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