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Chủ Nhật, 25 tháng 1, 2015

Approaching Novel Writing With A Humorous Adventure Autobiography

By Karyn Shields


New writers often have trouble figuring out the best way to approach this creative endeavor. The standard rule of writing at least a little each and every day still works for a truly committed author, to some extent, but more is needed. An author may find barriers to their creativity more easily lifted if their first literary work is a humorous adventure autobiography.

The truth is great works of literature do not happen on pure imagination. Staying safe and warm never gave anyone a Eureka moment, and this includes writers as well as philosophers or scientists. No author worth their merit did all of their best work while sitting comfortably in their home.

Step one is figuring out just what kind of vacation is going to have the most impact on their life. It has to be filled with hilarity, but there need to be intense points that challenge views the author had always taken for granted. Such shocks to the system make for great reading material in a world where most people do not even try new routes to work let alone step out of their comfort zone.

It seems that a proper misadventure in which the writer will be unable to control the events of the day and night would provide him or her with the most stories to tell. Jumping a train is one such means of travel that is very likely to provide enough experience to fill the pages like water fills a bowl. There is a measure of danger to such a trip, so traveling in a group makes the most sense.

A wonderful exercise for any writer is to take off to a part of the world that is as opposite from what they are used to as possible. Travel from North America in February when it is bitter cold, to a place in South America that is in the full bloom of summer, for example. This can be even more profound if the author does not speak the language of the country where he or she is going.

A great place to start might even be in the town where they live, but pretending to be a foreign tourist. Not only could that be a laugh riot to do and to read about, but it can certainly expand their perspectives on their own home town. It also provides new authors with good practice at talking to strangers without making them feel they are being interviewed.

Some writers are too conservative to put themselves in any real harm or discomfort for the sake of writing, but the notion that taking an exciting vacation in order to gain real life experience can still stand. Very little is truly learned if one stays at home. Truly life is intended to be experienced actively, not as a passive observer.

Most people are not big into hand-written documents these days, and there is no harm in having recording equipment available. Video footage can really make a record of the trip and help any new writer remember all the details of their trip. Watching five minutes of video can bring back ten hours of what happened on a specific day.




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