 Action/Adventure: April 21, 2010 Issue [#3684] |
  Action/Adventure
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Lately, I’ve been rereading some of the old classics; The Odyssey, Beowulf, The Inferno. Huge action/adventure pieces. War, slaughtering monsters, trying to find one’s way back home…all make great backdrops for action themes.
While writing has evolved since then, we don’t generally write epic poems, we still can learn from those first action adventures.
For starters, all contain a mission. Odysseus wanted to get back home after fighting a ten year war. Beowulf had to get rid of a monster, Dante needed to get over his sins.
Then, there are barriers. Odysseus fought violent seas, monsters, the Gods. Each provided a mini-adventure. Once Beowulf finished off Grendal, he had an unexpected monster to deal with –Grendals’ mother. Dante had to journey through the 8, or was it 9 circles of um, H – E – double hockey sticks in order to climb up the Mount of Joy and reconnect with the True Way.
The fun thing about adventure is you never know what might happen, providing the author with unlimited amounts of options and leeway.
Another component is just when you think the hero hasn’t got a chance, some savior drops out of the proverbial sky to save him. Here again, we can be unconventional.
Before you pick up your pen, or sit in front of the keyboard, grab one of the old classic action/adventures and reread it. Looking at it from a writer’s prospective may just give you some ideas for your next short story or novel.
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