An Enid Blyton guide to writing an adventure story

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A baddie you love to hate, making him a popular addition to the book.

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An encounter with gypsy or circus or fair folk, or perhaps royalty.
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A cave with a sandy floor, a rocky ledge running along the side to for putting the tins of food on and preferably a 'curtain' of fronds over-hanging the entrance...


What about a friendly farmer's wife too, generously willing to keep the protagonists provided with perishables such as bread, milk, butter, cakes, eggs and raspberries or plums...
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An elderly character who tells a story from years ago.

Strange noises in the night.

A big storm! :D (there usually is!) ;-)
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I'll warm me with your echoes
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Rubber-soled shoes!
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Has anyone mentioned the obligatory grumpy uncle?
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pete9012S wrote:Has anyone mentioned the obligatory grumpy uncle?
Sometimes called 'Robert'? ;-)

A sliding panel, and a big old book containing a history of the house or local area...
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Tons of home/farm made food at dirt cheap prices - with extra foodie goodies thrown in at no extra cost - along with threat of physical violence/retribution if not accepted without a fuss..
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A mad or absent-minded scientist (or historian/professor/learned chap).
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A boat of some description.
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A bunch of clues such as a set of footprints, tyre tracks, a cigarette end, a button, a strand of wool and a note with a cryptic message on it.
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Sea or lake water is allowed for bathing - but it must be warm and inviting to swim in from April to November..
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Anita Bensoussane wrote:An encounter with gypsy or circus or fair folk, or perhaps royalty.
The book should have Romany people who work in a circus, because Enid seems to have believed that all Romany work in circuses, and that everyone who works in a circus is Romany. (But of course she calls Romany people "gypsies")
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KEVP wrote:The book should have Romany people who work in a circus, because Enid seems to have believed that all Romany work in circuses, and that everyone who works in a circus is Romany. (But of course she calls Romany people "gypsies")
Not quite. None of the characters in Mr Galliano's Circus are ever described as 'gypsies'.


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Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
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One very important ingredient - Potted Meat. :-)

Also a ball of string, so you can tie a heavy rope to it and get a monkey/parrot to take it up to a high window...

And maybe a good sharp penknife.
'Oh voice of Spring of Youth
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Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'

(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)



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