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Going Underground
One of the most fun action / adventure scenes or settings can be underground. Whether it's a place for your character to hide, get lost or exist, underground is an option. Subterranean fiction has existed for centuries. In Dante's 'Inferno', Hell was a series of caverns beneath the Earth extending to the other side. In Edward Bulwer-Lytton's 'The Coming Race', the Vril-ya were an angelic underground people.
Alice fell down a rabbit-hole in 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'. Lewis Carroll originally called it 'Alice's Adventure Under Ground'. L. Frank Baum's Oz books referred to an underground Nome Kingdom. In the book 'Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz', Dorothy is trapped in a cave at one point. She also meets dragonettes and gargoyles.
Eoin Colfer's series of Artemis Fowl books focus on crimes committed by or against the Fairy-folk who live beneath the earth's crust in a technologically advanced society. And the Dark Elf Trilogy, by R.A. Salvatore was the first of the Forgotten Realms books to describe the underground world of the Dark Elves called The Underdark.
When writing your underground adventure, consider a few things. Are your people indigenous below the ground? How did they get there? Is it a friendly or hostile environment? How do the characters see and what kind of light is it? How are your people nourished? Water? Food? How do they travel? Underground streams or tunnels? All these factors can add or subtract from the conflict in the story. Do they leave the underground area? What are the consequences of leaving? By answering a few of these questions before you get started, your story will be more cohesive and leave less dangling details. Write on!
This month's question: Have you created an underground world or species? What are they like?
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This month's question: Have you created an underground world or species? What are they like?
Last month's question: Have you found inspiration in a veteran's story?
Elle - on hiatus  replied: You asked in your last newsletter if we had found inspiration in a veteran's story. Both my grandfathers served in WWII - one received a Distinguished Flying Medal for courage and bravery as a glider pilot and the story is quite something. My other grandfather was a member of the very first SAS and SBS (special boat service) units and while much of his service will never be known, it certainly fires the imagination. I've written an account of what is known so far, but would love to write it as a story - showing instead of telling. If any other members out there have veterans in their family who inspire them, they can share their stories in "Roots & Wings Contest" . We'd love to hear them.
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