Tag: action scenes
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NaNoWriMo Day 12: High Stakes
I have a lot of action scenes in my NaNo project this year. By action, I mean fight scenes, high stakes drama. I’m trying to balance them with reflective scenes where the characters are trying to figure out how what’s happening around them affects their mind and emotions. And, even more important, when the characters…
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Friday’s Findings
Some articles on fiction writing I’ve come across lately: Write Using These Simple and Powerful Strategies How Realistic Should Your Action Scenes Be? Avoiding Change: What’s Stopping Our Characters? The Value of Writing Friends And here’s a book I’m reading: Layering Your Novel: The Innovative Method for Plotting Your Scenes by C.S. Lakin Photo by…
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Fiction Writing Workshop: Action Scenes
He extends his sword and then utters these words: “My name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die.” The most memorable part of this fight scene are these words. But why? To find the answer, I wanted to know more about writing effective fight and action scenes. My novel has several of…
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