Episode 106: Adventure stories (part 1)

Notes:

The Verbivore references the quote “It was a dark and stormy night”. This phrase has a long etymology from a published book in 1830 called “Paul Clifford” to the Peanuts comic strip to the opening line of Madeleine L'Engle’s classic novel “A Wrinkle in Time”. Here is the wikepedia entry:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_was_a_dark_and_stormy_night

The J. R. R. Tolkien quote that the Verbivore read came from “The Fellowship of the Ring”:

“It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to.”

There are many resources that we used in preparation for this episode. Here are the most :

“How to Write an Adventure Story” - MasterClass - https://www.masterclass.com/articles/how-to-write-an-adventure-story

“100 Best Adventure Books of All Time” - Reedsy - https://reedsy.com/discovery/blog/best-adventure-books

“The Rules (Guidelines) of Adventure — The Pirates of the Caribbean” - Lessons from the Screenplay - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlVLOtD6Mv8

“5 Elements of Writing a Great Adventure Story” - Screencraft - https://screencraft.org/2021/04/30/5-elements-of-writing-a-good-adventure/

“10 Tips of a Good Adventure Story”- The Urban Writers - https://theurbanwriters.com/blogs/publishing/10-tips-of-a-good-adventure-story

“Writing 101: What is a Macguffin?” - MasterClass - https://www.masterclass.com/articles/writing-101-what-is-a-macguffin-learn-about-macguffins-in-film-literature-and-popular-culture

Fable references Dan Brown’s MasterClass. In case you’re interested in learning more about it, here is some information:

https://www.masterclass.com/classes/dan-brown-teaches-writing-thrillers#:~:text=Get%20Started-,Subscribe%20to%20MasterClass%20to%20continue%20watching,novels%2C%20The%20Da%20Vinci%20Code.

Books Mentioned:

The Hobbit; or, There and Back Again by J. R. R. Tolkien

The Lord of the Rings: One Volume by J. R. R. Tolkien

The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon by Dan Brown

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Caraval by Stephanie Garber

The Magnolia Sword: A Ballad of Mulan by Sherry Thomas

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

Fable: A Novel by Adrienne Young

To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo

Stardust by Neil Gaiman

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman

Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

Movies Mentioned:

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl; Directed by Gore Verbinski

Indiana Jones: The Complete Adventures (Raiders of the Lost Ark / Temple of Doom / Last Crusade / Kingdom of the Crystal Skull); Directed by Stephen Spielberg

National Treasure; Directed by John Turteltaub

Star Wars: A New Hope; Directed by George Lucas

Star Wars The Force Awakens; Directed by J. J. Abrams

Stardust; Directed by Matthew Vaughn

Music from: https://filmmusic.io
’Friendly day’ by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
Licence: CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)