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Greetings! Welcome to this week's edition of the WDC Action & Adventure Newsletter
Each day is a blank page, an adventure to be written, action and re-action ~ be pro-active. Writing itself is action ~ creating an adventure for your readers to embrace in prose or verse. I'm back again in search of adventure and hope you will share with me this exploration and maybe create one of your own in prose or verse. |
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Adventure stories in prose and epic verse, as you know, were some of the first ever told and written. Think about it ~ fables, myths, epics of old regaled the listeners ~then readers~ with with tales of heroic quests for riches and knowledge and power.
Adventure stories and epic verse leave room for creativity and imagination. Adventures are fun to write ~ envision the quest and create the adventure to lead your characters ~and readers~ to attain the goal. Along the way, consider adding a few elements of other genres to draw your readers into the otherworld you're creating for your characters and their quest.
By adding a subplot (or maybe two) to your story or verse, you can further engage your readers in a tangible world where they can relate to the characters or events. Subplots can provide a realistic element needed in a story. Think about it; love and romance as well as politics or war are key factors that are involved with human lives. By adding such elements in a story, you create a realistic 'otherworld' for your readers to enter. Applying subplots along with the main quest is fun and can be easy, but remember to keep the focus on the quest.
Subplots can either overwhelm or give your readers that extra thrill to be able to enjoy the story as a whole. The greatest novels and even films provide well-thought subplots to engage the reader in a natural and realistic setting. Although the subplots help create a realistic fictional world (whether one of fantasy, or reality past or present, or future), remember to keep the focus on the main story ~ the adventure/quest. There are a few types of subplots that are effective in providing readers with a subjective understanding of the characters, their motivation, their reason for attending the adventure.
 Love, Romance
Romance, whether between the main character(s) and an antagonist, or characters they meet along the way, can help the reader understand the motivation for undertaking ~ or continuing ~ the adventure. Romance and love can be found with the main character and a companion or perhaps ideal. One can also find along the way,
-- Love Triangle- where two fall for one, where the combinations and mis-adventures are as varied as the writers' imagination.
-- Falling for the antagonist/villain, where the hero or a close friend falls for the adversary. This adds a twist to the adventure, perhaps making the quest harder or more elusive for the hero.
War, Political Intrigue
Conflicts between nations or countries can create added tension between characters and other subjects. Political alliances or conflicts can betray friendships along the way, and your readers can interact as well with their opinion of the conflict as it occurs, further drawing them into the adventure. Wartime adventures also impact readers with soldier's or warrior's acts in preparation for and during engagement in battles.
History and the Past (documented facts or mythical recall)
Creating a subplot from a previous time can allow a for a clear understanding of the characters or events taking place, when used in context. Consider using dialogue to relate an impending action to events of the past. For example, if the characters will have to cross Omaha Beach, have your characters recall or maybe uncover a relic, from the original battle of the past century's world ware. How does this reinforce their desire for the quest, or does it frighten them? Does it foreshadow something that is to come? or is a character, or perhaps the quest, somehow linked to the battle?
Mystery
Dropping a clue along the way to give the characters ~and your readers~ a puzzle to solve along their adventurous path again can add depth to the characters' interaction with each other and their environment without removing their focus on the quest itself. As with the other subplots, used with a light hand, a twist or two along the way adds depth to the adventure and draws your readers into the adventure, so that they need to keep turning the page, or rush to the following stanza or verse.
So, an adventure in prose or verse is a quest that's as creative as the writer's imagination, and as deep as the knowledge or whimsy he/she chooses to incorporate. One way to add depth to the 'otherworld' is by using subplots to add depth or a twist to the quest, drawing readers further into the adventure with a twist or two to keep the turning the pages.
I thank you for takinig this journey with me, and invite you to read some of the adventures ~ with a subplot or two ~ envisioned by some of the writers in our Community and, perhaps, create one of your own to share
Until we next meet,
Write On!
Kate
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Thank you for sharing this exploration with me ~ I invite you to try your hand (if you haven't already) in weaving an adventure ~ a quest envisioned by your muse creative ~ and adding a twist romantic, or historic, or perhaps with a puzzle ~ and invite us to embark on the journey with you.
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Until we next meet,
Write On!
Kate
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