Blogs about: Writing Action
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Editing That Action
This weekend is being spent editing. I have a work-in-process on its second round of revisions with a deadline looming. I also have first round edits on my June release due soon. Keeping my head in… more →
Attacking the Page
Thinking out Loud
wrote 4 days ago: I think a lot. Recently, it’s been about life, more than the creative writing side of my brain … more →
Yatta! Tuatha De Rising's first public reading
wrote 3 weeks ago: Phoenix Comicon has a whole slew of programming for authors, and two of them were Writer’s Cri … more →
Braiding a Dialogue Scene
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wrote 3 weeks ago: There is more to dialogue than talking heads. Dialogue scenes have four threads that may or may not … more →
YOU CAN HAVE CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT AND EXPLOSIONS
wrote 1 month ago: They fight. He wins. When you’re writing action, it’s important to find a happy medium between writi … more →
Writing Action
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wrote 2 months ago: Dogfights are fun to read about, and watch. Being in one must be a combination of holding your gorge … more →
The 'Show Don't Tell' Boogie Man
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wrote 3 months ago: Let the action show the reader what is happening. Don’t just tell them about it. Readers are n … more →
Writing an Action Scene
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wrote 8 months ago: Last week I was answering interview questions about my story in the integrated short story collectio … more →
Biff! Pow! Fight Scenes!
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wrote 8 months ago: I’m going to start off with a disclaimer: this post will not be applicable to everyone. If you … more →
Using the Passive Voice Properly
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wrote 10 months ago: Verbs are the precious jewels of writers everywhere. It does not matter if the writer composes poetr … more →
"Get away from her, you b%@$#!"
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wrote 1 year ago: Sometimes, I need visuals. For anyone who has read my work, you know my feelings about strong female … more →
Aero's Tips For Writing Action Scenes
wrote 1 year ago: (A quickie post from my pretty little lovie, who’s writing you can get a little taste of at hi … more →
Writing action
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wrote 1 year ago: Young adult is a genre that tends to have good deal of action driving the plot. Divergent, The Hung … more →
Editing That Action
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wrote 1 year ago: This weekend is being spent editing. I have a work-in-process on its second round of revisions with … more →
Fighting Q&A
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wrote 1 year ago: The three of us here on Attacking the Page were recently interviewed by Angela Knight for her class … more →
Fight Scene Questions?
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wrote 1 year ago: Do you have questions about your fight scenes? Or about writing action? Or how to create believable … more →
Catch Me If You Can by Guest Author Betsy Horvath
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wrote 1 year ago: In my day to day life, I tend to be rather meek and mild. I work. I write. I hang out with friend … more →
There Is More To Writing Action Than Meets The Fist: Part 2
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wrote 1 year ago: by Tiffany Lawson Inman I picked up Harlan Coben’s CAUGHT with the express knowledge that I would fi … more →
Expressing Basic Physical Concepts in Words (That Don't Suck) -- Now With a Lesson from George Lucas
wrote 1 year ago: This is a longer post, but bear with me — there’s real advice here as well as the obliga … more →
Your Villain is holding a Knife to your Heroine's throat. Now what?
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wrote 2 years ago: Kathy and I just gave our Kick Butt Heroes workshop at the Liberty States Fiction Writers Conference … more →
