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*In this issue... ** Story Background and Context*
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*Story Background and Context*
by Bruce L. Cook
Simply viewed, an adventure story is action in context: what the
characters do, and where.
Story line drives action, while the writer wrestles with conflict and
motivation. Then, once each action emerges, it becomes necessary to
embrace the action with context.
For example, if the characters are to romp in merriment, chances are
this won’t’ be appropriate if they are sitting in a jail cell.
Further, they may romp if they are 14 years old, but sit quietly if
they are 85.
Of course, there are exceptions, such the time when my screenplay had
infants climb down from their cribs and escape from the nursery to the
background tune of Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks. (Some writers are
simply impossible!)
Ordinarily, the scene enters the writer’s mind and all actions derive
from its elements. If the characters are making love in a campsite
they will need a surrounding element like a sleeping bag, tent, or
utter isolation. If they are to brawl they need an open space and,
hopefully, a small audience to register shock and empathy.
In summary, every story has a running background where actions derive
from motivations and character. In this pageant the writer creates a
scene or sequence and then visualizes each progressive setting at the
same time as the action.
While background can’t drive the storyline, the setting definitely
limits and defines the action so that a feeling of fictional integrity
emerges.
So, next time you create and adventure story, develop characters and
conflict and then follow their actions, keeping a consistent pageant
of settings. That makes everything enjoyable and, well, possible.
Bruce L. Cook
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*Strategies for Peace, by Bruce L. Cook and Maria Cristina Azcona
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making. She and I joined Ernest Kahan in 2014 to establish the
Worldwide Peace Organization in Argentina. Here we identify a
startling variety of facets on the crystal which represents peace.
Virtually everyone claims to want world peace. Only a few take
measures to promote it. Each writer who seeks peace suggests a unique
dimension. It's our hope that this volume will encourage students,
professors, and peacemakers to consider this comprehensive look at ten
strategy perspectives which, if taken seriously in private and public
life, might lead to our shared objective - worldwide peace in our
time. * Leadership * Language and Leadership * Interspiritual * World
Citizenship * Family Relations * Role of Women * Education * Medical
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