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action scene

woman yawning while reading about an epic battle

Explode Your Action Scenes: Goals, Pacing, Clarity, and Character

November 11, 2024 by Noah Wilhelm

Permit me to paint a picture for you: in an epic fight, your characters have overcome immense peril and defeated the villain. It’s the climax to your story, the work of months, if not years. But you run into a hiccup. Your readers don’t enjoy the scene. They find it …

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