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Project Antarctica
Our Seperate Writing Projects with a Common Interest
(background on how the project started)
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Artica Burr
To me visualization is such an important part of writing fiction. I picture all my characters in my mind first, give them personalities, and then write about them interacting with each other. Some characters become favorites so their part in the story naturally grows. I know readers are depending on authors to literally paint them a picture with words.
An author needs to know the facts before those facts can be bent to suit the story being written. Once I did a bit of research on a place less visited, I realized there are things only those who have had the real life experience at a location could possibly know and share with me. These kinds of facts would lend a touch of credence to what I write, especially if my reader happened to be familiar with the location of my story.
Compasses do not work at the south pole. Even sunlight effects are different in Antarctica. I found myself uneasy with a lot of questions and unable to locate answers. I am really looking forward to Lynda's expedition to Antarctica to resolve my questions. I am as excited as I would be if I were going myself! The certain extra special writer's perception Lynda has about places and people will prove a bonus.
I hope to embed some of the realities about Antarctica into my next legend. That is my goal. My challenge is to make it all come together with my characters and also ... rhyme! AB
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Lynda Joy Smith
My home country of Australia presents unending sources for my travel writing, but I also choose to travel to many other countries as well. I'm a freelance travel writer and photographer and can select where I go and directly sell my articles to both print and on line publications. Carrying a journalist identification card opens doors for interviews and behind the scenes information that the casual traveler might not be privy to.
Having worked for Film Crew Victoria has given me an 'insider's insight' into what goes down on movie sets and an appreciation of the hard behind the scenes work. Imagination @ work takes work!
Summers can be hotter than Phoenix Arizona in Victoria Australia, so I've enjoyed some colder climate type vacations. Just one of these colder trips was a visit to Alaska where I had a thumbs up sled dog experience.
A travel writer's audience is focused on considering a visit to a particular location, country, or a certain kind of adventure experience. The articles of the most interest to prospective travelers are those written first hand by a traveler. My readers are looking for facts and also to evaluate whether they might enjoy a particular destination.
Travel to Antarctica is not a common or easy endeavor at best. It requires a good bit of courage. Weather can never be planned or guaranteed. Still I can hardly wait to go. LS
Lynda has the spirit and personality perfectly matched for the occupation of travel writer. Lynda is brave enough to go and in exchange she will see it first hand and very personally. As she embarks on a very real adventure we wish her most of all a safe and wonderful trip! AB
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Our Common Interest
Lynda and I touched base on a web site about Antarctica because of that common interest. The expression "world wide web" surely applied to us! Both of us wrote, but in different styles and on opposite sides of the world; America and Australia.
I was delighted to learn Lynda and her husband were set to embark on an expedition to Antarctica, aboard the MS Fram a Norwegian cruise ship, in February 2008. Lynda agreed to find out some particulars for me and forward photos so I would have some foundational facts for my new fiction story. I had a loose idea where my story was going but a sub plot began to evolve where Lynda could become part of a Goalie King legend.
The pending adventure was just too exciting not to share with middle school students who are learning to keep journals themselves. We agreed to add an adventure section to this web site and share the experience of writing and travel combined. We hope to fan the spark of imagination and wonder in classrooms as the students follow along when Lynda from "down under" travels to Antarctica. The continent is the last continental frontier to be explored and such a crucial and revealing source of information about our planets past and future. Antarctica still remains a mystery. AB
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| Bon Voyage Lynda ..Thank You For Sharing! |
©2008 Last Update: March 2008
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