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 Action/Adventure: June 08, 2005 Issue [#412] |
  Action/Adventure This week: Edited by: Diane   More Newsletters By This Editor   1. About this Newsletter 2. A Word from our Sponsor 3. Letter from the Editor 4. Editor's Picks 5. A Word from Writing.Com 6. Ask & Answer 7. Removal instructions  Welcome to this week's edition of the Action/Adventure Newsletter. I'm happy to act as a guest editor for this edition. The Action/Adventure Newsletter was my first editorial position and it's nice to come home for a visit.  Action and adventure can be found sprinkled throughout every genre from romance to mystery. This newsletter focuses on issues related to the action/adventure genre. Each edition highlights stories and poetry on the site containing action and adventure for your reading pleasure. ~  ~ Diane ~~
 I had a conversation with another member a few weeks ago about the most marketable genre in literature. I believe it is Action/Adventure. Many of the top selling books on the market today are action or adventure novels. Dan Brown comes to mind when I think of well written adventure novels. His characters are easy to relate to and interesting to the reader. The use of short sentences and an intriguing plot combine to keep the story moving and the reader engrossed in the tale. Although his stories are fact based, they are pure imagination. The reader never knows what's coming next, the sign of a great adventure story! My challenge to you is to take something in your life and build an adventure around it. Perhaps you've taken a trip recently, use that trip as the base of a story. Create controversy where none existed. What would have happened if you had been robbed on the trip? Or if you ran out of gas and decided to rob someone else to buy gas?! Create an adventure using the existing skeleton of a story. We all have an adventure inside, isn't it time you let yours out? Until next time, Diane 
I've selected a nice mixture of action and adventure stories for your reading pleasure. Enjoy, and remember to send a review to the author.
Excerpt: I wrangle around the living room rounding up strays on this old broom.
Excerpt:“If you don’t get into heaven, you go to hell, right?” Josie asked, her innocent question laced with the fear of a confused child.
Excerpt: "I don’t want to shoot you Marshall, but I damn sure will.” I said with the whole town staring out of windows.
Excerpt:Maryanne Barkley ran frantically out of the Oaks Mall, searching through her purse for keys. When she arrived at her Mercedes, she opened the door, glanced into the back, and threw her bag on the passenger seat. She put the key in the ignition and turned it as a man approached. Featured Contest:
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 As a guest editor I don't have any feedback, so I'll leave you with a quote from David Grayson, "Adventure is not outside man; it is within." Have a question or comment for the Editor? http://www.Writing.Com/main/newsletters.php?action=nli_form
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