 Action/Adventure: June 11, 2014 Issue [#6374] |
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This week: With Every Action Comes A Reaction... Edited by: Saraā„Jean  
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I'm so excited to be your Action/Adventure Newsletter Editor this week! Please let me know if you have any feedback, or if you have any topics you'd like covered in a newsletter. I will be glad to research it for you and do my best.
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With Every Action Comes a Reaction... Eventually
While making sure each loose end is closed is important, I believe that it is important to note that I think many authors rush the satisfaction for the readers, causing the readers to lose interest in what they are reading. If there is no wonder left, there is no reason to keep reading.
The faster the resolutions (or the fewer the loose ends that need tying), the more predictable the book can become, and therefore there is also no reason to keep reading.
Timing is everything.
So, with this topic, I'd like to point out a few things.
1. It is OK to have more than one loose end dangling at one time.
In fact, I'd encourage it. Loose ends dealing with the main plot of the story, loose ends dealing with the characters (undefined tension between them, unrecognized relationships, etc), loose ends pertaining to a side character that appears and disappears at random... there are so many options for loose ends.
2. Allow the readers to learn the answers to the loose ends as the characters do.
This is not always the way to go. Some authors choose to allow the readers to know the answers to the loose ends the entire time, and the reader gets to watch the characters work out the loose ends themselves. But this must be done carefully as to not lose the interest of the readers.
Allowing the readers to discover themselves is a more common way to keep the interest of the reader, because they want to know, too.
3. When it is all said and done, don't forget to close them, though.
It is a necessity to close them all up, eventually. Some may be closed as the story is progressing, and others might close up in the very last sentence. But don't be in a hurry! Close them up as it makes sense to close them in the progression of the story.
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Feedback from "Action/Adventure Newsletter (May 14, 2014)" , "Is Comic Relief Necessary?"
The Run-on King PDG Member  said, "You know I use humor in almost all of my stories and books. I have found as a reader if it is always serious and great tension all the time without some humor in it. The story loses reader appeal it doesn't make me want to reread it ever again. Thanks for pointing this out."
Exactly! Comic relief is quite necessary in life, so it is also necessary in a book. We all need to smile, at some point, even if we don't want to.
bane1 said, "Sometimes the characters themselves can add to the comic relief. In my piece - Deathtouch - the character is just being a bit of a smart @$$ but the few reviews I had, all keyed in his one comment. I hadn't intended it to be funny, only a character reacting the way he normally would. But it worked and my readers liked it. Over all the story could have by heavy and overly dark, but the moment of levity seemed to work just as you discussed in the news letter. Thanks for a great article."
I think that you are absolutely right. Building in an amusing character adds some comic relief into any story when that character arrives.
monty31802 said, "I agree with your points on Comic relief in your News Letter."
Thank you. 
Nixieš¦  said, "Great NL about comic relief. I give one character a quirk, or something odd about them that the reader can relate to. Wala! Whenever the story is too heavy, out comes my familiar character doing something that brings a smile.
As you said, there are several ways to add in comedy. Characters are my strength and they'll go to any length to perform for me. Dang those internal rhymes that pop up."
You're a poet and you just don't know it....
BIG BAD WOLF is Howling  said, "Try watching the movie "Dragonheart". In it, a knight and a dragon team up to overthrow an evil king that had betrayed both of them. One of their allies is a monk who seems to be a natural with the bow, though he's bound by "Thou shalt not kill". Needless to say, the one shot he makes, hits a practice dummy in a place that any man would moan at. Later, he severs a rope, which drops a log, which takes out several of the king's men, and he says, "Pride goeth before the fall." Then he fires another arrow into a knight's butt cheek, and says, "Turn the other cheek brother." Makes one laugh when you think about it."
That sounds fun! One of my favorite movies that illustrates this well is The Three Muskateers, Porthos the Pirate in the Disney version. He... is great comic relief. But then, they are all a little goofy in that one. |
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