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Hello seekers of heart-pounding action and breathtaking adventures. I am Annette and I will be your guest editor for this issue.
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Show and Tell
Is it only me or is this summer extra heavy in over the top action adventure movies? It appears Hollywood has found its way out of the forest. The line-up for the next months takes us across the whole spectrum of testosterone fueled adventures. Flying men with and without metal suits, battling ships, dark knights, spider in tights ... the 1980s have even allowed Dolph Lundgren to escape.
What's the appeal of those movies? The story is slim. The villains and good guys are simple. There is nothing to think about. Those movies aren't mind bending. They don't challenge the viewer to keep track of twist and turns in the plot. I think that is the appeal of those movies. What you see is what you get. You've got the good guys, the bad guys, and a little bit of plot to keep them going at each other. In a way, those movies are all show and no tell.
In his book "Under the Dome," Stephen King used up 150 pages just for introducing the town and its people. I remember looking at the page number at the moment when I thought it had finally started. Now, maybe "Under the Dome" doesn't fall into the action/adventure category, but to use up 150 pages before giving any significant movement in the plot? On the other end of the spectrum is Robert Ludlum with his Jason Bourne books. In the first book, we meet Jason Bourne in a deathly fight on a boat in the middle of the ocean. Only later in the story do we meet the man. Along with Jason himself, we discover who he is and what his place in the world is.
As a writer, I often read the critique that I tell too much and don't show enough. This is probably a valid critique in many instances, but what is wrong with setting the stage? Many people who watch a movie when they read the book to it before say that many plot elements are missing. A book is always richer than a movie. And I believe that books are richer in plot, drama, and even action than any movie could ever be because writers can tell the reader what to imagine. As writers, we are storytellers. Let's tell some stories.
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Responses to my last Action/Adventure newsletter "Make Personal Adventures Exciting"
dejavu_BIG computerprobs  wrote: Great newsletter,Giselle! I don't have a link to this story, but I found an adventure while horseback riding one day. Riding along a quiet, well used trail, I saw a mother black bear with new cubs on a little bridge, a car's length or so away.She reared up. So did my horse, ready to fight. I wrenched him around and made him run away. Not a fight I wanted to try on! 
Yup, male horse, he was!
 Now that is true action/adventure! It did have a soundtrack too. The sound of the bear mother growling, the horse galloping off, and the blood rushing in your ears. Whew! Great escape! And in only a handful of sentences, you have told a superb action adventure with a little sentence in the beginning to set the stage. I like it.
BIG BAD WOLF Feeling Thankful  wrote: Life itself can be the adventure. "A Mother's Courage"
Oh, wow, that would have been a cool entry into my Parenting Short Story contest. It's over for this year, maybe I'll run it again next year. Be on the lookout for it.
riyah wrote: Hmmm,so you want us to choose to live in our imagination to make life more interesting? well i don't think we will enjoy that way , it won't be real,like i won't enjoy believing the greek story about the sunflower,we can't enjoy fake facts that we creat.Science is not really that sharp,because it never ends i mean there are still many many mysteries out there and even when science told us about the sunflower it is still a beautiful fact that i enjoy knowing , and i agree with you i wish i would be a traveler and travel to every inch in the world :)
I don't think I said you should live in your imagination. I challenge you to use your imagination to find adventure in day to day life. |
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