From Kristen Lamb’s blog by the guest blogger Alex Limberg. Great advice for action scenes!
It might remind you of the movie Groundhog Day: Yes, it’s true, Alex Limberg is here with us once again. Like all that glitter that fell off your Christmas decorations? Can’t get rid of him. To mix things up a bit, Alex is assisting me through the holiday season. Also, his free ebook “44 Key Questions” to test your story will help you with creating intriguing stories. This time he puts on his action hat and shares a clever recipe to write your readers’ socks off with action scenes. Let’s get right to it.
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BOOM! CRASH! BANG!
It’s Batman chasing Superman through James Bond’s porcelain collection. Broken glass, bones and promises everywhere.
But here’s the problem: It reads like an academic lecture about 17th century German philosophy.
If the style can’t convey your action in an edgy and dramatic way, even the most wicked scene structure won’t help…
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