Archive for the ‘ACTION’ Category
Shanghai Steam ToC out!
I’m pleased to announce that my story, “Legend of the Secret Masterpiece,” will appear in the upcoming steampunk-wuxia anthology, Shanghai Steam. It’ll be released at World Fantasy Convention, November 1-4, 2012. From ancient China to a future Mars, from the British Empire to the Old West, 19 authors show you worlds with alcohol fuelled dragons, philosophical […]
Filed under: ABOUT, ACTION, FUN | Closed
The “Time Ratio” of an Action Scene or, J.G. Ballard vs Gu Long: FIGHT! On Friday at SpecTechnique we looked at Gu Long’s action writing and saw how he brought us into the POV of the spectators, forcing the reader to reconstruct Li Xun Huan’s impossibly fast dagger throw from the clues on the page. […]
Filed under: ACTION, STRUCTURE | Closed
Tags: action sequences, action writing, Gu Long, j g ballard, new wave, wuxia
Flip the Story
Yesterday at SpecTechnique we looked at cases when a cliche is deformed or expanded. When you’re going into a deformed cliche, you think you’ve seen this line before. Then when the cliche flips around on you, you’re taken by surprise. This is a technique writers can use to breach their readers’ defenses. Today we’re leaving […]
Filed under: ACTION, CHARACTERIZATION, EXPOSITION, MICRO-MANAGEMENT, STRUCTURE, Uncategorized, VIEWPOINT, WORLDBUILDING, WRITING STYLE | 1 Comment
Tags: China Mieville, John Scalzi, Mary Gentle, Osamu Tezuka, Star Wars
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