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Writing Action ScenesThe pulse of any good novel is writing action scenes. These are the scenes that moves our characters in-to and out-of "grave danger." And as our favorite JAG in a Few Good Men would say, "Is there another kind?"
...Here are a couple of writing tips you might want to consider when writing action scenes: A) Pepper them throughout the book BEFORE: Commander James saw the black handled knife waving in the hand of the madman. The knife reminded him of the one he saw earlier, stabbing into the flesh of his captain. The memory of that sight made shivers run down his spine. There was no doubt the madman was going to use it and there was nothing James could do. He could try to use the rigging dangling from the busted and bent mast. It looked like a noose hanging there. He knew he had to try. Commander James stood there-helpless. He'd seen that knife before. It had murdered his captain. Now it would kill him, there was no denying it. The sharpened tip of the blade thirsted for blood--his blood. The rigging, he thought. Yes-dangling from the busted mast. It had formed a kind of noose. He had to try! 1. We used short sentences to help the reader feel the urgency of the POV Character. 2.We let you feel his emotions and see his thoughts. 3. We did not weigh the scene down with a lot of tedious description. An excess of description will slow your story's pace and pull your reader out of the moment. Telling too much in a scene means the reader must picture your version of the character and not the one they have already grown fond of in their own imaginations.
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