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Episode 103: How to Write Addictive, Page-Turning Action (And Keep Your Readers up Until 3 AM)

The Kate and Abbie Show

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The Intensity of an Action Sequence

A lot of writers sometimes oerlook the fact that the intensity in the scene, in the action sequence itself, is it starts so far before the battle or the fight begins. It starts with the internal conflict of the character, yes? Because otherwise it's just platriven,. Like, literally, and i made abitty about this one time, about plot driven of stories versus character driven stories. But what's happening, literally, in your brain when you're watching a plot driven movie, usually with a lot of action sequences in it, is just your nearer, yourer mirror neurons are firing in your head.

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