 Action/Adventure: March 06, 2024 Issue [#12454] |
This week: Adventure Is Out There Edited by: Jeff  
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"Do not go where the path may lead,
go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
About The Editor: Greetings! My name is Jeff and I'm one a guest editor for this issue of the Official Action/Adventure Newsletter! I've been a member of Writing.com since 2003, and have edited more than 400 newsletters across the site during that time. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me via email or the handy feedback field at the bottom of this newsletter! 
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Adventure Is Out There
There's a line from the 2009 Pixar film Up where the protagonist Carl Fredricksen is enamored with an explorer named Charles Muntz, whose tagline is, "Adventure is out there!" That particular film involves Carl fulfilling his and his late wife's bucket list item of traveling to a place called Paradise Falls in South America, but it got me thinking about all the places "out there" where adventure can be found.
Starting with the farthest places out there, we're talking about different galaxies or even universes. Usually reserved for the realms of science fiction and fantasy, stories set in these locations tend to be wildly imaginative as they take place somewhere that mankind has no actual real-life frame of reference for.
Back a little closer to home, we're talking about different worlds in our own galaxy (or even our own solar system). Still often in the realm of science fiction and fantasy, these places can be informed by real-world information and data, but often involve a fair amount of imagination and fictionalizing.
Then we get to Earth itself and look to the areas that are largely unexplored or unfamiliar to most people. Remote locations like the Arctic or Antarctic. The undersea world. Remote regions of jungles, deserts, islands, etc. that very few people have experienced. There's plenty of room for imagination in these locations, but you can also infuse them with some added realism and description based on similar locations on Earth you're more familiar with.
Within familiar locations on Earth, there are outlying areas to be explored. The frontiers of the Old West, the unexplored wilderness around a settled area, or maybe even the places just beyond your comfort zone. That last part, a place beyond your comfort zone, can be anything from a continent, to a country, to a state, to a city, to maybe even your own house/property. Depending on the character and their personality, an "out there" adventure could be as grand as traveling across the world to a remote unexplored reason, or as simple as venturing into the unexplored wilderness on the other side of your property line.
When you're creating your stories of action and adventure, location is a critical component and rife with possibilities depending on what setting you choose. Adventure is out there! Where will you go?
Until next time,
Jeff
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EXCERPT: The sound of a tin whistle came floating across the moors, as if carried on the morning mist. The man thought briefly that he knew the tune. It was something old, notes painted on air, like the landscape of his youth spent in the foothills of the Wicklow Mountains.
EXCERPT: The stench of neglect was so potent you could cut it with a spoon, a fetid perfume of stale air and forgotten centuries trapped by leather and cracking parchment. I wrestled my way into the crypt, my flashlight beam jittering like the nerves firing between my ears. The dust, disturbed and angry, stung my nostrils worse than cheap roadhouse whiskey.
EXCERPT: The thieves struck at dawn. Within minutes fifty head of prime Beef were no longer milling around on the Bar R C. They were being driven as fast as they could walk toward the Northeast border of the range. Five men pushed the cattle, laughing amongst themselves at how easy it had been and they could always go back when they needed more money.
EXCERPT: In the house of the church, the Pope looked at the water that showed where he witnessed the death of his bishop as he walked the streets of the city. The bishop had been busy making deals here and there for the church.
EXCERPT: Dr. Thomas Grale searched franticly for his wallet as he went from room to room. He threw his arms up and exhaled with his hands on his hips. “Where is it!” He looked around and saw the messy coffee table. “This place is a mess.” He picked up a crinkled newspaper and under it was his lost item. “Ha!” he said as he snatched it up then dashed for the front door and noticed a pile of clothes in a hamper. “Shoot! It’s laundry day! Eh. I’ll take care of it later.”
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