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Writing Adventure
Presented by Jeni Mawter
www.jenimawter.com
‘Life is a daring adventure or nothing’
Helen Keller
Are you an adventurer?Do you dream of being stranded on a desert island? Would you like to live in a tree, or adventure on the
high seas?
Battle mysterious creatures or stop a crime ring?
Then adventure writing
is for you!
Use Exotic Settings
More Exotic Settings
Think of an exotic setting for a …
Mystery adventure
Fantasy adventure
Historical adventure
Romantic adventure
Excitement
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Danger
Action
Danger
Dangerous SituationsBeing vulnerable to …
injury
loss
evil
risk
Think
of more
examples
Fast-paced action
Story Beginnings …
Start with
action
Elements of Adventure Writing
A likeable protagonist
Elements of Adventure Writing
An unlikeable antagonist
The quest is a long and difficult search for something.
Start the story with a quest
The quest is something we can all
identify with, or want.
Examples???
Humancriminals, corrupt people
The Elements ocean, jungle, desert, ice
InstitutionsArmy, government, secret service
Internalgreed, fear, pride, physical weakness
The hero meets obstacles
and more obstacles …
Don’t avoid the risks and
obstacles
Make life really difficult for the
person on the quest
If you’re confronted with great fear and danger
all you need are imagination and courage.
R.L. Stevenson
Use your imagination to work out how to escape from this situation.
Use your courage to work out how to escape from this situation.
Introduce twists and turns in the plot
Keep sentences short and leanJamie grabbed the rope and started pulling
till her arms ached and then the boy
appeared over the cliff edge and then she got
a shock and almost lost her grip.
Jamie grabbed the rope, pulling till her arms
ached. When the boy suddenly appeared she
almost lost her grip.
Story Ideas setting protagonist questbullfighting arena detective moneydilapidated house orphan save a lifeghost town astronaut find
missing medalhidden cave athlete solve a
mysterymountain top princess make
friendsmilitary base dragon find the
truthriding academy boy/girl freedomwildlife sanctuary refugee catch a
thief