| No matter where you live in the world, your country, | | | | Write a story from a caveman's point of view. How |
| your area has a history. Some may have been | | | | did certain dinosaurs look to him. Which made for a |
| written down in books, some local legend. What a | | | | better meal? Write imaginary how-to articles on cave |
| great wealth of ideas for Action/Adventure | | | | cleaning and what the best materials for cave |
| stories!Look to your history books, local news and | | | | drawings would be.Most of us would like to rewrite |
| listen in anytime the older folks get together. History | | | | at least some part of our world's and country's past. |
| is all around us.Since I live in the U.S., I'll use what I | | | | Here's your chance to do just that.One word of |
| know as example. From the inception of this country, | | | | caution. Be sure you have at least some working |
| there have been battles and wars at various times | | | | knowledge of the times, language and clothing styles. |
| throughout history. From the World Wars to the Civil | | | | It will make your work more authentic. I once |
| War to fighting over gold claims, action and | | | | started reading a Western. While I'm no expert, this |
| adventure abound. This country has seen women and | | | | author had no clue as to speech from the 1800's, it |
| blacks fight for, and win, their rights. What an exciting | | | | was very modern. I read two pages and closed the |
| time that was!Growing up in Texas, I was taught | | | | book.I just couldn't get into a book that couldn't take |
| about the Alamo, the rise of the cattle barons and | | | | me back to the Old West. Be aware of your |
| settlement on the frontier. In the town I grew up in, | | | | audience. Believe me, history buffs will be the first to |
| I learn it existed while others died away because the | | | | let you know that you've made a mistake!Nikola lives |
| railroad chose to lay the tracks where they did.Use | | | | and writes in Oklahoma. She is active in the local |
| history to your advantage. You don't have to write | | | | Citizen's Police Academy Alumni and Volunteers in |
| non-fiction pieces. Invent a character to change the | | | | Policing. She enjoys reading, scrapbooking and |
| course of events. Explain historic happenings through | | | | spending time with her two dogs. Nikola is an author |
| the eyes of a character or charcters. Think of all the | | | | on |
| different angles! All the different time periods such as | | | | which is a site for Poetry. |
| Medieval Europe, the Old West, the Industrial Age. | | | | |