It’s not easy, though…

Action scenes can drag a story to a screeching halt with blow-by-blow details, overdo the gore for the reader, skip over important character moments, and be confusing, inaccurate or implausible.

What are the crucial aspects of writing action scenes—or even action sequences within larger scenes?
How do you maintain pace while you’re getting all the moves in the fight on the page?
How do you reflect your character’s mental and emotional state without slowing everything down?

This seminar is perfect for anyone who’s ever struggled writing any action at all, whether that’s a big fight scene or a kid’s birthday party!

Action should be everywhere in your story, and the techniques apply to all genres of fiction. If you don’t have great action writing in your writer’s toolkit, you’re fighting against the tide of good storytelling!

This Focus On seminar will clue you in on the techniques great action writers use to:

• Speed up the pace of the story,
• Make each movement and plot event clear for the reader,
• Keep the main character at the centre of the story,
• Give the physical action impact on the reader as well as the character,
• Use style to show the characters’ reaction to their situation, and
• Raise the narrative tension with each sentence.