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Question of the day part 3 :)
Pengi:
For me the key to action scenes is verbs and short sentences. For example something like "The door was locked. Nick kicked the door in harshly. Everything was silent." seemes more action-packed than some long drawn out thing... which is good...unless it's a suspense... Suspense would be all "Nick's muscles tensed, pulsating just beneath the surface, as he pushed the door in with his foot. The door creaked and groaned under the pressure before caving way into the silent hallway beyond."
I think tones can be set by engaging the reader's senses the same way a film would. Instead of one drawn out scene, action scenes in movies are pumping quick flashes of scenes that tell the viewer what's happening, quickly, mimicking that feeling of a fast heart pumping. I think the scenes/sentence length should reflect what you want the reader's pulse to do in the story. If you wanna chill it, go slow. If you wanna speed it up, go quickly.
Does that make sense?
Pengi:
--- Quote from: julilly on July 13, 2012, 12:04:34 PM ---I feel like I tried to catch up on this conversation at a really weird point. :P
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You mean talking about stripper Brian and youth paster AJ, all while getting American Idiot stuck in our heads isn't a normal point to join a conversation? Whaaa? ::)
Sakabelle:
--- Quote from: Pengi on July 13, 2012, 09:17:48 PM ---For me the key to action scenes is verbs and short sentences. For example something like "The door was locked. Nick kicked the door in harshly. Everything was silent." seemes more action-packed than some long drawn out thing... which is good...unless it's a suspense... Suspense would be all "Nick's muscles tensed, pulsating just beneath the surface, as he pushed the door in with his foot. The door creaked and groaned under the pressure before caving way into the silent hallway beyond."
I think tones can be set by engaging the reader's senses the same way a film would. Instead of one drawn out scene, action scenes in movies are pumping quick flashes of scenes that tell the viewer what's happening, quickly, mimicking that feeling of a fast heart pumping. I think the scenes/sentence length should reflect what you want the reader's pulse to do in the story. If you wanna chill it, go slow. If you wanna speed it up, go quickly.
Does that make sense?
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That makes so much sense, and is so true! I think what you said about engaging the reader's senses is dead on. That's exactly what you want to do, and depending on the type of story, you want to engage them differently.
I never really thought about it consciously like that before!
RokofAges75:
With action sequences, I try to imagine them like a movie and then write them that way. I don't do a lot of acting out, though I will get up and pace around when I'm thinking. I tend to act things out more when I'm describing body language and need a visual of how someone would look; I'll make faces at myself in the mirror or whatever LOL.
myconfession:
I'm kind of with Julie, when I have action scenes, I tend to try and write them like they're happening in a movie. Sometimes I'll sit for 30 minutes or so just to try and figure out how I want to word something so that the reader will see what I see in my head.
But how would one description Magic Brian's dance moves? Hmmm :taz:
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