James Bond

How many articles do you read that are full of useless information and all in chronological order?

You know - the stuff about how they arrived at the airport, got through customs, were met by someone from the resort, got shown to their room, got up in the morning to be greeted by...

There's far too much of this nonsense in diving magazines, you would never see it in the travel pages of a quality broadsheet, so why do diving 'journalists' write like this?

I guess the authors haven't watched enough James Bond films.

They always start with some emotion grabbing scene, the angle behind the story is presented to the viewer at the earliest opportunity and the end of the film links back to the beginning. Everything else in-between is just a series of anecdotes and adventures linked to each other by the main theme.

You don't get to see the nonsense that would bore the viewers. Bond is briefed by M and for the next scene he is in a tropical destination, one scene after that he might be diving while looking for hidden weapons, arms or money, and for the next, he continues with his adventure against the backdrop of a street festival.

You don't see Bond doing the boring stuff in-between. So if you're thinking of putting the 'bore' in your copy, don't - think Bond and dump it.

Keep writing...

Brendan