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Action/Adventure: November 01, 2017 Issue [#8576]

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Action/Adventure


 This week: Crossing Bridges and Chasms
  Edited by: Kate - Writing & Reading Author IconMail Icon
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About This Newsletter

         Greetings! I'm honored to be your guest host for this week's Action & Adventure Newsletter.

         One can say that life itself is an adventure, as we daily encounter (fellow writers, we don't merely pass by, we notice) something to solve, surmount, answer, question - you get the point And we can write of such adventure, real or invented, in a number of genres. Adventure stories and poems can be romantic, historical, science fiction, fantasy, mystery....

         Action, by definition, is movement. Action and Adventure stories and poems therefore are intense, forceful and maybe violent. The action keeps your reader involved, on edge, and needing (not just wanting) to keep reading ~ and moving from one place to another.


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Letter from the editor

         Greetings, action scenes are tactile, vivid, engaging the senses to make your reader a part of the story or poem; ratcheting up the pace, making him/her need ot turn the page or continue to the next stanza. While writing an action scene, do you sometimes find yourself squeezing the words from your pen, or pounding them out of the keyboard? Does your body sometimes tense up, breath speed up, along with that of your characters?

         Then, do you sometimes get lost along the way? One vivid scene in your adventure comes to a close and another waits to begin (or continue), How to connect them so that your reader stays absorbed in the story, needing to turn the page to continue the adventure. How to keep the chain of events and interactions going for your characters and readers. If we don't find a bridge, we build one *Tools*

         Transitions provide such links between chapters, scenes, stanzas, even paragraphs. In action/adventure stories and verse, when effectively used, they provide a link between settings, direct the reader's (and sometimes the character's) attention to the action about to take place or a foreshadowed reason for an action.

         *Bulletg*Transitions can direct the reader's attention with just a few words ~
         *Bulleto*Move your reader from one locale to another.
         *Bulletgr*Move your reader through time - recalling the past or foreshadowing future action.
         *Bulletr*Change point of view or perspective.
         *Bulletv*Shift the tone or mood, picking up the pace or probing with a bit more depth.
         *Bulletp*Conclude one action.
         *Bullet*Create associations in the reader's mind.

         Now, how do we apply transitions to move the action from one place to another, or pass the ball from one character to another, while keeping the images tight and vivid, making our readers need to turn the page and continue the adventure.

         *Starg*Time ~ via adverbs such as then, now, meanwhile, later, once again or adverb sentences such as Five years passed with the goal no nearer.

         *Starbl*Place - either with single words or phrases, or sentences, such as here, there, beyond, Inside the cabin.{/ii} Also, movement from one place to another - action - I closed the door, leaving the plane and such things familiar, for the vast open green of the forest. Here also in a longer piece, using a space or chapter break prepares your reader for another locale or perspective.

         *Starr*Point of view or perspective. Changing from first person to third-person, for example, to introduce a change of venue or perception for the adventurer by introducing a battle or vivid interaction with new surroundings. Changing perspective, while holding the same point of view, from the adventurer to perhaps the antagonists's eye and hand.

         *Stary*Focus - either on a comparison of what's different or what's the same in a different locale. For example, Sam was sweating profusely despite the sudden drop in temperature as the plane nosedived into the snow bank. Here we focused on Sam's tension/attitude while moving him to another locale - action.

         *Starbr* Emphasis - comparing or contrasting one thing to another - i.e., further, but, yet, not only, in fact This would emphasize what is to follow immediately afterwards.

         I think these are the most effective transitions in adventure writing, drawing the reader deeper into the action, keeping him/her turning the page to see what will happen next.

         Meanwhile, we can scroll down and embark on some adventures with fellow writers in our Community. See, a transition inviting further action.

Write On!
Kate - Writing & Reading Author Icon



Editor's Picks

         Check out the bridges and chasms in these tales of adventure and let the writers know if you crossed the chasm or ran the bridge, then build a tale of your own*Tools*

 Dragon's Vengeance Open in new Window. (ASR)
Rhyming poem about a dragon hunting the man that killed her mate.
#2138851 by Dragon Rheyne Author IconMail Icon


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Mike's Fondest Desire Open in new Window. (18+)
Mike finally does something he's dreamed about for a long time - for What A Character
#2139191 by Christopher Roy Denton Author IconMail Icon


Home, Sweet Home Open in new Window. (13+)
All Otto the octopus wants is a home of his own.
#2138975 by NaNoKit Author IconMail Icon


 Dragon Rescue Open in new Window. (13+)
A High Fantasy Adventure in 20 pages. Dragon Riding Knights vs Goblin Bat Riders
#2138935 by davidducker Author IconMail Icon


A Mask, A Cane and A Box Open in new Window. (13+)
A man seeks vengeance on the powerful people that stole the love of his life.
#2138400 by Espinado Author IconMail Icon


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Twisted Tales Contest Open in new Window. (13+)
A monthly contest for stories with a twist. Get 500 GPs for entering! Nov round open!
#1269187 by Arakun the twisted raccoon Author IconMail Icon


The WDC NanoLounge Open in new Window. (13+)
A nano place to chat about NanoWrimo...
#1491696 by The StoryMaster Author IconMail Icon


 
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Thank you for this visit in your virtual home. Now, take those tools and build your bridges, cross those chasms from scene to scene.

Until the next time,
Write On!
Kate *Tools2*
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