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 Action/Adventure: February 25, 2015 Issue [#6845] |
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. Writing itself is action ~ creating an adventure for your readers to embrace in prose or verse. I'm here this week in search of adventure and hope you will share with me this exploration and maybe create one of your own in prose or verse.
It's not! Though we may not have a dedicated day, or even hours, to write, revise, or plot an epic poem or novel, we can write an adventure that's active and full, engages the senses. Yes, I'm referring to an action story that's brief, to the point, and fun for the writer and interesting and satisfying to your readers, who likewise may not have the time to cozy up with a novel or ponder an epic in verse or prose. 
Look for the kernel of an idea. To explore the glass ceiling (women moving up in the workplace) in a corporate environment would encompass a novel or at the least a novella. But what if a woman is not hired for a job she really should have earned, or what if she is hired for a job for which she feels unprepared or unqualified? See where I'm going with this? Or what if it's a guy who's hired for a nontraditional job and reports for his first day? Find a smaller topic and act on it! 
Weave the prequel or preamble in the opening paragraph. Use action or dialogue to set the stage for the adventure and draw readers into the main character's mind. Focus on one, maybe two, characters without forcing them to face a number of distracting names and faces. Then move forward. 
Start in the midst of the action. What is your character doing and why. A fire rages, a clock is ticking, an alarm goes off (siren or Baby Ben, it's your story). You don't have to describe all the details; your reader will fill in some of the blanks if you give them a vivid active start. And you can get on with the adventure.
Focus on a powerful or riveting image. Paint a picture with your words; show an eclipse of the sun, a train fallen sideways on the tracks, a house just ravaged by a tornado. An adventure can happen within that picture.
Keep your reader guessing until the end. Move them along, but don't give it all away. Make them want to share the adventure and reach the end with your character. Your reader may have no idea what is going on, or may think he/she knows the gist of the story, but is not quite sure. This will lure them on to the end. When they finish, there should be a good pay off or solution.
; and then perhaps weave one of your own to share 
