When I met with my critique group this past weekend, I submitted a major turning point scene from the novel. This was an action scene, which needed a lot of work. So this week on the blog, I'm going to concentrate on action scenes. What makes them work? What are the characteristics of a good action scene? Jordan Rosenfeld, who is the author of the craft book, Make A Scene talks about some of the things you want to have in your action scene: The events unfold in "real time," … [Read more...]
