 Action/Adventure: February 28, 2018 Issue [#8777] |
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This week: Reading Real Life Adventures Edited by: Dawn Embers  
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A consideration at nonfiction and fictional approaches to the lives of real people who have adventures and action. |
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For the most part, I've stuck to the world of fiction and staying mostly within speculative fiction as a reader and a writer. Until recently when I found a couple of audio books to take out from the library using my cell phone to where that has changed and a part of that is thanks to Zelda Fitzgerald.
I started listening to the book Z, which is about Zelda Fitzgerald who was the wife of the well known author F Scott Fitzgerald. During my commute, I got to listen to the adventure of their lives through the 1920's and it was definitely entertaining. From the start in the South where they met, to New York city, travels overseas living in Paris and many other locations, the couple experienced many different adventures, some of which were better than others.
This is not the first novel about a person that I've found interesting. In high school and first year of college, I had some time spent learning about a particular inventor who had his own peculiar moment. That man was Nikola Tesla. I still remember one of the books that I now own that made the suggestion of him falling in love with a bird. It also showcased the many things he accomplished and what happened to some of the works in progress even after his death. Very interesting read even if a more nonfiction type of tale.
While it's not speculative fiction, this has sparked interest and I'm hoping to read or listen to more. I've listened to a book on vaccines that discussed the life in particular of Leonard Hayflick. Next up, I might borrow a book about the wife of Einstein.
Now, there is more to this than letting you know about my own recent chances in reading preference. And that is to suggest the use of real life and reading non-fiction or creative nonfiction to tell a tale of adventure. Sure, when I think of writing an adventure it usually involves a magic system of some type or some twist of weird science combined with making up whatever I can, but there are ways not as fictional to write and still be within the genre of action and adventure.
There have been and still are many interesting people living their lives and going on adventures. Even a google search can bring up some examples of adventurous biographies. So, while reading fiction is enjoyable, consider expanding the horizons to include the travels and lives of real people You might find out some things you never imagined. And I can say for sure, it helps for anyone who is stuck with a long commute on a regular basis. |
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Is there a person you'd like to read about in a book to learn more about the adventures of their life?
I haven't edited this newsletter in a long time (May 2017). Back then, I discussed character choice and making the decision on who is taking action in the story. Here is a comment sent in response to that newsletter:
Comment by Quick-Quill 
Thank you for this NL. I have a story with two main characters. At this point I'm struggling to decide if the POV is with the man who has the biggest part of the story or the woman who has decided to go on a dangerous adventure because her her life is just too boringly predictable. Who gets to tell this story?
- That is the question: Who gets to tell the story? Hope you have found the answer. If not, one option is to write the story more than once, changing POV with each version. Good practice in short story form at least if one doesn't want to take the time to write many novels to tell nearly the same story.
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