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Summer Vacations!
Here in the U.S., summer is winding its way onto the June calendar and with it comes vacations. My favorite thing to do on the beach is finding a nice chunky book and read for hours at a time. My husband always complains my suitcase is the heaviest, and I never 'fess up that it's because of all the books in the bottom. Vacations, whether in my country or yours is a good time to find a little peace and read or write.
Now you'll ask, what to write? I'd like to drop a little suggestion - write something different. If you're in a rut and historical fiction is your chosen genre, try a new one, like horror or fashion. Maybe combine your historical fiction and add a ghost, or a vampire. Find a genre you know a little bit about, do some research and then write! If you have too much family around you to concentrate, try writing some plot outlines. You'll have fun fleshing out the story once you get home. Maybe your family can brainstorm with you and create some fun plot lines to play with.
Perhaps you'll have an adventure on vacation, like taking catamaran trip. Maybe you'll go on a whale watch or have a romantic dinner cruise at sea. In any case, your personal adventure can give you an up-close view of what your story's character would do and feel on a sailing boat. Hopefully you won't find out what "seasick" feels like. Even from the beach, you could watch some parasailers if you're not brave enough to strap on a harness and try it yourself. Maybe you'll get an opportunity to interview a few people who tried it or ask the operators about some funny anecdotes. This would give you a step up on giving your character some depth.
No matter what season it is where you are; think about adding depth to your story with a little adventure of your own. Write on!
This month's question: What personal experiences have you used to create more depth in your story?
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Excerpt: Everyone should have goals, and this was mine for summer vacation this year: wake up every day at 11:00am, eat a huge bowl of sugar with some cereal in it, then lie on the living room floor and play "Brain Burglars 2: Zombies of the Cul-de-Sac" until I fall asleep. Repeat until I beat the game or my mom sells the TV, then maybe take up fishing or something.
Excerpt: Incredible! She, Yvette Marceau, was bound for New York City! The trip was her high school graduation present, sparked by a cousin's out-of-the-blue offer to take her in for a whole week while her own parents vacationed in Florida. As the train worked its way to the northeast, the young woman sat as close to the window as she could get, sometimes actually pressing her nose against the glass.
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Excerpt: I on the other hand, enjoy relaxing trips to isolated, yet quite comfortable resorts which sit nestled in scenic valleys amidst towering and snow-capped mountains. I relish the thought of enormous breakfasts of eggs, bacon, home fries, and gallons of sweetened coffee, served on enclosed verandas over-looking majestic lakes filled with crystal clear water. I also enjoy hiking on safe and clearly marked trails, swimming in meticulously clean and chlorinated indoor pools, viewing the impressive and steep mountain sides from the window of my suite, and wearing comfortable sweaters to ward off the chill of the evening while sipping elaborate drinks as a talented piano player does his best imitation of Billy Joel.
Excerpt: On the seventh morning he watched the sun rise and he had had enough, having not seen another soul in a week. He stood up and bellyached, "I got my wish to be alone, but this is not what I signed up for!" He had been mumbling to himself all week more and more, just to hear something. "WHERE IS EVERYONE?!!" he shouted.
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Excerpt: "Father? Did you hear me?"
"Yes..." he whispers, a bare trickle of sound. "I... I heard..."
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Excerpt: The others could stomach no more and went below to ride out a fog that was worse than any storm I had weathered in the past. My heart at times was pounding as hard and louder than the man heard in Poe's story who had hidden a body under the floorboards and was in anguish listening to a dead man's beating heart. That's when I heard a new sound? For some reason it was slightly musical and sent a refreshing wave of peace washing over me that quelled my throbbing heart which allowed it to resettle itself back in it's moorings. It was still rebellious but softening. The roaring that had been in my ears calmed allowing me to focus and try to visualize what this new sound meant.
Excerpt: She didn't much care what people thought any more. She would come to terms with the situation and deal with it. Anger rose like a flood and threatened to overcome her. She threw the plastic mug on the steps but it bounced into the miniscule patch of grass at the bottom.
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Excerpt: If not for Kindyfow, I would not have felt the gentle tug of curiosity pull me to the woods. Kindyfow loved to frighten me with stories of wicked souls trapped between life and death finding sanctuary from the sun in the thick woods. She combed my hair or held me fast, her plump cheek smashed against mine, with entrancing words: "They fear daylight, and the woods are dark.
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This month's question: What personal experiences have you used to create more depth in your story?
Last month's question: What methods do you use to work back history into your story?
LJPC - the tortoise  replied: Hi Leger!
Great pointers on editing, but you forgot to included piles of junk-food and a neverending supply of coffee. These are essential to any editing mission! 
J. A. Buxton  sent: My first published e-book, Home of the Red Fox, had many flashbacks. To integrate these into the main plot line, I simply set them off with three centered asterisks before and after those paragraphs. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007134ON8
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