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Action/Adventure: May 09, 2012 Issue [#5031]

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 This week: A short adventure with a long life
  Edited by: Kate - Writing & Reading Author IconMail Icon
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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
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About This Newsletter

         Greetings, and 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 ~ twists and turns! Be pro-active when you write and allow your readers to react as they move about the adventure you've created for them



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Letter from the editor

Greetings, fellow adventurers ^_^

         If you want an action-packed story, consider the adventures in pulp fiction. It's been around for a long time in many guises and genres, including sci-fi, fantasy and horror, mystery and western. These genres are often blended in pulp fiction to create cross-bred action-packed sub genres. Consider telling your story with one or more elements from other genres to give your stories an original twist. Read Edgar Rice Burroughs, Lovecraft, Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, and Ray Bradbury.

         Create one or more characters worthy of pulp fiction, those larger than life. Think about Tarzan and Doc Savage, Philip Marlowe, the Avengers. Your characters, both heroes and villains, can be physically strong or mentally superior.They may be both. Characters in pulp fiction are very heroic or extremely evil.

         Write epic tales. Pulp fiction stories are expansive. Think about the sword and sorcery, fire and brimstone approach to writing. Pulp fiction features a quest, or the fate of the world (whether in whole or a microcosmic town or city) depends upon the actions of the heroes of your pulp fiction tale.

         Write with a heavy dose of action or drape your stories in mystery. These two elements are important to writing pulp fiction. The action in your pulp fiction should consistently bring your readers to the edge of their seats. If there is a mystery at the heart of the story, your readers engage in the pursuit with the characterst.

         Pulp fiction invites a serial, like writers did in early pulp fiction. A cliff hanger ending here will make readers (and your characters) come back for more. Most importantly, pulp fiction is fun, so have as much fun writing it as you do reading it.

         Like I said, Pulp lives on as a dynamic vivid form of storytelling. If you've an enticing story or serial in your writer's closet, consider the following publications as a venue, and do share your success with us*Smile*

          http://www.bigpulp.com/

          http://alchemypress.blogspot.com/p/pulp-heroes.html

Write On!
Kate
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Editor's Picks

Check out some current pulp fiction ~ in varied guises ~ envisioned by some of the writers in our Community and share your thoughts and comments, perchance with a review*Thumbsup*

 Escape Open in new Window. (13+)
Pulp Fiction style entry for Short Shots contest.
#1562345 by Hyperiongate Author IconMail Icon


 Pulp Friction Open in new Window. (13+)
"Number" One on the charts!
#906999 by Waltz Invictus Author IconMail Icon


 A kind of Joe Open in new Window. (13+)
Pulp Noir gets a bump in the night.
#1843718 by Nick Johnson Author IconMail Icon


 Rapture Samurai Open in new Window. (18+)
This is a pulp style story about a private investigator after something like magic appears
#1763287 by Richard Ruth Author IconMail Icon


 The Girl in the Red Leather Coat Open in new Window. (13+)
Of all the trains in the city she just has to catch mine . . .
#1723681 by Molly Cule Author IconMail Icon


 Bruce Force, Private Detective Open in new Window. (13+)
P.I. Force looks for a killer in this noir parody
#1431532 by Richard Scott Author IconMail Icon


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#1415572 by Not Available.


 Cracked Actor Open in new Window. (18+)
A Pulp Noir: Part One- Endowment
#1847191 by Erik D. Parker Author IconMail Icon



 
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Ask & Answer

         Thank you for sharing this exploration with me this week.

         Until we meet on the flip side of our own action-packed adventures ^_^

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