Lost in the Woods

I've been really interested in stories of kids on their own lately, and there's perhaps no better kid-on-his-own story than Hatchet. If you haven't read it, I highly recommend it. In that book, thirteen year old Brian ends up on his own in the Canadian wilderness with little more than a brand new hatchet to help him survive.

Think about a character lost in the wilderness. First of all, what wilderness will you strand your character in? The woods? The desert? A jungle? The arctic? Then ask yourself, what resources does my stranded character have? What are they wearing, and what are they carrying? Will they have food? Water? A fire?

Pick a remote location and write a story about somebody lost there. Do they live to be rescued, or do they die in the wild? It's up to you!