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"I can't write an action/fight scene worth a crap.
Mind you, I can usually imagine them, I just can't write them."
Mind you, I can usually imagine them, I just can't write them."
If you can imagine it - you can write it.
The easiest way is by doing it in LAYERS.
The Quick and Dirty Method for writing Action Scenes!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~Start with a list of ACTIONS & Reactions.
(Each CHARACTER gets a SEPERATE LINE! ~ NEVER clump the actions of two characters in together!)
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Will lunged forward, his sword fully extended in a stab.
Jack caught Will's blade with the flat of his blade. Pushing the blade just out of range of his skin, Jack slide down Will's blade in a short fast stab.
Will turned to the side to avoid Jack's sword's point.
Jack did a quick side-step to stay in front of Will, keeping his sword's point on target.
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Add DIALOGUE.
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"You're dead meat!" Will lunged forward, his sword fully extended in a stab.
Jack caught Will's blade with the flat of his blade. "Oh really?" Pushing the blade just out of range of his skin, Jack slide down Will's blade in a short fast stab. "I don't think so!"
Will turned to the side to avoid Jack's sword's point. "Crap!"
Jack did a quick side-step to stay in front of Will, keeping his sword's point on target. "You're gonna have to do a lot better than that."
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Add EMOTION.
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"You're dead meat!" Will bared his teeth and lunged forward, his sword fully extended in a stab.
Jack snorted in derision and caught Will's blade with the flat of his blade. "Oh really?" Pushing the blade just out of range of his skin, Jack slide down Will's blade in a short fast stab. He smiled. "I don't think so!"
Startled, Will turned to the side to avoid Jack's sword's point. "Crap!"
Jack did a quick side-step to stay in front of Will, keeping his sword's point on target. He chuckled. "You're gonna have to do a lot better than that."
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Pick ONE POV character in that scene and Add the POV character's INTERNAL Observations.
(More than one POV in a fight scene is known as HEAD-HOPPING.)
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"You're dead meat!" Will bared his teeth and lunged forward, his sword fully extended in a stab.
Jack snorted in derision and caught Will's blade with the flat of his blade. "Oh really?" The kid certainly had guts. Too bad he didn't have the skill to go with it. Pushing the blade just out of range of his skin, Jack slide down Will's blade in a short fast stab. He smiled. "I don't think so!"
Startled, Will turned to the side to avoid Jack's sword's point. "Crap!"
Jack did a quick side-step to stay in front of Will, keeping his sword's point on target. He chuckled, knowing it would piss the kid off. "You're gonna have to do a lot better than that." He was hoping the kid would figure out that he was out-matched and just bolt. He didn't like killing those that didn't actually deserve to die.
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Seriously, if you can imagine it - you can write it.
Having problems imagining it?
- WATCH MOVIES.
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Date: 2007-02-25 09:19 am (UTC)From:Your writing tips are the BEST. Maybe I will sing you that Tina Turner song, you know, You are simply the best. xD
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Date: 2007-02-25 11:39 am (UTC)From:- I'm thrilled you found this little article useful!
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Date: 2007-02-26 02:22 pm (UTC)From:no subject
Date: 2007-02-25 07:13 pm (UTC)From:Thank you very much for taking the time to post this. I appreciate it very much and I will use the info!
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Date: 2007-02-25 08:21 pm (UTC)From:- Any friend of Ash is a friend of mine. Hopefully my bits of info will prove helpful!
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Date: 2007-02-28 02:00 am (UTC)From:Do you know how annoying it is to have them do that with my sex scenes and action scenes?
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Date: 2007-02-28 03:36 am (UTC)From:- I'm sure you can handle it.
All you ever have to do is Consider the Source. How many books to THEY have published and what kind of reviews are they getting?
I have some 26+ books & stories in current publication (with a 4 to 5 star reviews - consistantly,) and my writing classes are attended by publication editors. I'm not only doing something right, but I have trained professionals coming out to learn how I do it so they can teach it to their authors.
If it's your editor that's arguing with you, again - consider the source. Just how good an editor are they REALLY if they're telling you to do something Wrong? GET A NEW ONE.
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Date: 2007-02-28 03:44 am (UTC)From:Funny thing, even after that post, I realized I'd commmited to writing for Oceania (peacockblue.com and radioactivesex.com among other things)...
The source was just another author. With my "Opeth Pack" wolf saga, I forgot to write details down other than who was with who lol! so I had this author go over what hasn't been contracted yet, make suggestions, etc.
Btw, can I use you as a reference?
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Date: 2007-02-28 04:06 am (UTC)From:- Just remember that THIS identity (Ookami Kasumi) is seperate from my published author identity. I am keeping the two seperate for a REASON.
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Date: 2007-02-28 04:11 am (UTC)From:Silk's is not getting it btw.
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Date: 2007-02-28 06:30 am (UTC)From:- I thought Hilary was the main submissions editor for Aphrodesia? (I'm working with John Scognimiglio, but then I went through a different channel to get there.)
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Date: 2007-03-01 03:41 am (UTC)From:S