I'm crap at action although I had a friend tell me the best way to write action was to pick the important details and write those as clearly as possible. Everything else will fall in place in the reader's mind.
But if you're uncomfortable with it when you get back to it, it might just not be the right scene. Usually the difficult ones are either the perfect scene that the writer isn't ready for (and coming back will usually fix that) or the wrong scene that the writer is pushing too hard into place.
Believe in the words. *grins* *takes of yoda mask*
It's a question of not over-explaining - so you have the flashes of detail, but if you explain too much, than the 'breathless' quality of good action scenes is missing.
Also, it's bloody difficult. I haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate it.
Ah, BREATHLESS. That is a good way of describing it! Pick the highlights and people don't get bogged down and they retain their sense of wonder and BREATHLESSNESS! Love it!
Yup. Something I always try to remember with writing action is that you don't have to describe every little thing like you're giving an eyewitness report to the police or teaching someone fighting choreography. You're just creating a picture in the reader's mind. So you have to find that happy medium between accurately describing what happened and just making it sound good and letting the reader's imagination fill in the rest.
Yup. I've already promised myself that my next fic will have absolutely no action, just people sitting around thinking thinky thoughts and maybe talking and possibly sexytimes just for a little change of pace ;)
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But if you're uncomfortable with it when you get back to it, it might just not be the right scene. Usually the difficult ones are either the perfect scene that the writer isn't ready for (and coming back will usually fix that) or the wrong scene that the writer is pushing too hard into place.
Believe in the words. *grins* *takes of yoda mask*
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It's a question of not over-explaining - so you have the flashes of detail, but if you explain too much, than the 'breathless' quality of good action scenes is missing.
Also, it's bloody difficult. I haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate it.
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I'm such a feels girl. Character introspection, long dreamy lyrical stuff, no problem. Concrete stuff? Less so. ;)
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It's *this* close to done, by the way. I need to do a final read over when I get home, but I should have it posted tonight.
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and that would be why the hotel scene worked and the carrier scene didn’t.
It does help, thanks! :-D
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