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Action/Adventure: October 21, 2015 Issue [#7274]

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 This week: Cut out for Adventure
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Characters feel differently about action and adventure. Let’s explore that.


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When thinking about action and adventure, I often think it would be brilliant to be that person. To have a quest to get up for, a journey to make and trials to face. I look at some of my favourites including Frodo with the one ring, Katniss in her fight for her world and John McClane in his fight against the bad guys. Sometimes I want to be that person, then again, sometimes I don’t.

It got me to thinking about whether certain characters are more cut out for action and adventure. Surely it’s not for everybody. I recently saw Everest at the cinema (based on a true story) and it was a great watch. It made me wonder why I’m not out there hiking mountains and such like but then again, when the ending came (and I won’t spoil it in case you want to watch it) I felt glad that I was just watching it in the cinema rather than living through it.

I think everyone has a little adventure in them, to a degree, but that will depend a lot on personality and the idea of risk taking plays a big factor. If you think about doing something like a bungee jump or a parachute drop from a plane, how does it make you feel? Maybe either sick to your stomach or excited.

I think our characters are like this too. Not everyone is cut out for adventure and that’s okay. Some people have adventure thrust upon them like Bilbo Baggins and they deal with it in the best way they can. Some people revel in the thought of adventure and seek thrilling moments every day.

When I think of a typical action hero I see:

• Courage
• Strength
• Willing to take risks
• Passionate
• Fighting for what they believe in
• Loyal
• Fierce

That doesn’t mean that there aren’t other traits or other personalities involved, but this is what comes to mind for me. But tell me, does it mean if your character doesn’t have these traits (or similar) that they can’t go on an adventure? Does it mean they wouldn’t want to? How would they feel should something come up and they had to go on a quest? Explore that. Things happen in life that take people out of their comfort zones whether it be going to a new place, meeting new people or travelling across the world to save someone… it’s about how your character reacts and develops over time to deal with that.


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Thanks for having me guys! Why not try writing an adventure with a reluctant adventurer? See where it lead you.

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