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Writing Group / Suggested Writing Excuses topic...
« on: October 12, 2008, 08:22:01 AM »
The only Writing Excuses forum I could find was for writing prompts, and since this isn't that, I thought I'd start a thread here.
I've been listening to WE pretty faithfully since quite near the beginning (the BIC HOK and writer's block episodes were especially helpful, I think), but one thing I keep hoping to hear covered is how to write an action scene. I haven't read Dan or Howard's stuff (at least, not recently, in Howard's case), but I know Brandon writes some spectacular action scenes. It's always something I've had trouble with, and when I can do it, it's usually in the heat of inspiration. Later, when that flash has passed, I go to review the scene, and I'll either love it or hate it, but either way, I won't really remember how I did it. I'd like to come to a point where I can write an exciting, convincing fight/chase scene without having to be under the thrall of the muse.
Cris.
I've been listening to WE pretty faithfully since quite near the beginning (the BIC HOK and writer's block episodes were especially helpful, I think), but one thing I keep hoping to hear covered is how to write an action scene. I haven't read Dan or Howard's stuff (at least, not recently, in Howard's case), but I know Brandon writes some spectacular action scenes. It's always something I've had trouble with, and when I can do it, it's usually in the heat of inspiration. Later, when that flash has passed, I go to review the scene, and I'll either love it or hate it, but either way, I won't really remember how I did it. I'd like to come to a point where I can write an exciting, convincing fight/chase scene without having to be under the thrall of the muse.
Cris.
I mean, really!). After that, I couldn't put it down. I finished it in one six-hour marathon that ended just before sunrise, and I fell asleep with a grin on my face, remembering characters that felt as real to me as people I know (only moreso, because I actually liked Raoden, Serene, et. al. 
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), and it's the same great storytelling. Sanderson creates compelling characters you learn to care for very quickly, and you don't stop. 
