An Enid Blyton guide to writing an adventure story
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Re: An Enid Blyton guide to writing an adventure story
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...
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! (there usually is!)
Strange noises in the night.
A big storm! (there usually is!)
'Oh voice of Spring of Youth
hearts mad delight,
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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hearts mad delight,
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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Rubber-soled shoes!
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Has anyone mentioned the obligatory grumpy uncle?
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Sometimes called 'Robert'?pete9012S wrote:Has anyone mentioned the obligatory grumpy uncle?
A sliding panel, and a big old book containing a history of the house or local area...
'Oh voice of Spring of Youth
hearts mad delight,
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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hearts mad delight,
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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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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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")Anita Bensoussane wrote:An encounter with gypsy or circus or fair folk, or perhaps royalty.
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Not quite. None of the characters in Mr Galliano's Circus are ever described as 'gypsies'.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")
'Oh voice of Spring of Youth
hearts mad delight,
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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hearts mad delight,
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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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.
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
hearts mad delight,
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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hearts mad delight,
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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