 Action/Adventure: October 12, 2005 Issue [#656] |
  Action/Adventure
This week: Edited by: Kitti the Red-Nosed Feline  
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Welcome to my October issue of the Action/Adventure Newsletter.
Though Writing.Com is dressed up prettily for Halloween, the topic of this newsletter is quite different... Hope you enjoy!
kittiara
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Dear readers,
Last Monday my mom had two new felines happen to her. Cats often simply happen to people. Either they wander into your house and decide they live on your sofa or you find this adorable abandoned kitten… anyway, I am sure those living with cats know what I mean.
The two new cats have sure made her household more lively. One of them has a habit of dragging clothes around the house. My sister often places her freshly washed t-shirts upon a chair and Romy loves bringing them into the living room, positively beaming with pride at having achieved this very important mission. The other feline loves using my mother’s bed as a trampoline, especially in the middle of the night.
My own cats happened to me as well. They were found as tiny little kittens, only a few weeks old with nowhere to go, so we took them in. They are outdoor cats so often bring us “dinner”. All this made me think about what great adventure stories animals can inspire.
I think I would not be wrong in assuming most of us have read or watched Watership Down by Richard Adams. If not, I can recommend it. It is a book about a group of rabbits whose home is destroyed. They flee and have many adventures whilst searching for a safe haven.
Other books I can recommend are Tailchaser’s Song by Tad Williams (about cats), Solo’s Journey by Joy Smith Aiken (about cats) and Frost Dancers by Garry Kilworth (about hares). There’s also the Wolves of Time series by William Horwood. This series is very interesting but can get quite disturbing. I would not recommend it for younger and/or more sensitive readers.
These stories are all told from the animals’ perspective. The authors manage to create for their characters a culture rich with history of their race, myths and legends even down to their creation by their Gods. They are characters that make the reader care, they are believable and interesting.
I love such stories. The strange thing is that there seem to have been so few of them written (unless I am looking in the wrong places). Perhaps it is more difficult to write from the perspective of an animal and how they perceive the world they live in? I’m not sure.
I do know that there is an audience for these stories. They’d be certain to catch the imagination of anyone who loves animals.
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Thanks everyone for all the feedback! I always enjoy and appreciate it.
concrete_angel: Hello! I really liked your newsletter. It was neat, and I agree with you completely! Action movies are great (I loved the Matrix!) but if they're just explosions then they're really missing something. Romance really does bring the characters to life. Thanks for a great newsletter!
Thank you for the compliment! I do, of course, agree. I am glad you enjoyed the newsletter
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Vivian  : Ah, Kitt, as you can tell from my stories, I like a little romance mixed in my action/adventure. Thanks for highlighting "Another Storm."
You are welcome, Vivian. It is a great piece.
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billwilcox: Kitti,
You make a very good point--most Action stories do have a romantic sub-plot and a good Romance can always use some heated action. Great newsletter,
W.D.
Thank you, W.D.
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mark writes  : Very nice. I hope everyone got as much out of the newsletter as I did. You did a great job of of presenting the topic in a form even I could understand. thanks
You are welcome, and I am glad you enjoyed it!
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Nikola~Asked Santa for a Pony!  : What's life, or action/adventure without romance? Great NL, Kit!
~Nikola
I think it would be very dull indeed  . Thanks Nikola!
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shadowdawn: Another great NL! You're absolutely right about adding romance into an action/adventure story. It helps build your characters personality and believability. After all, it's natural for someone to become attracted to another. It opens a more 'human' dimension to a character that may be too flat or stereotypical by exploring their behavior. Why is person A attracted to B? And it can add addition conflict if there is a person C. It's a great sub-plot that should be explored - or at least considered - by all authors.
Thanks!
ShadowDawn
Thank you ShadowDawn. I fully agree with you. Adding that bit of romance creates so many possibilities and it can truely help with building your characters.
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Please don't be shy - send me your feedback, questions and suggestions. I don't bite .
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