ACTION SCENES - Terrible Writing Advice

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BOOM! Pew pew pew! Bang bang! Kaboom! Zap! Pow! But what about the plot and charact–BLAM! Pew pew! Boom! KABLA– oh the budget ran out.

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I remember in fourth grade they emphasized hook beginings. So the class always just started with confusing dialog in the middle of an action scene, or just the whole first line just said

SmartAlec

No sarcasm here, that plot armour chart has a good point that shoulders don't matter. Never thought of that.

ShudowWolf

"Gorak kept breathing beacuse he would die since his body needed oxygen to keep working."

diegoacosta

that plot armor guide was so damn accurate

johnshadeslayer

After the hero has already taken out two dozen minions with his fists or melee weapon of choice, don't ever have the remaining bad guys realize their strategy of rushing at him one-by-one isn't working or that they should maybe just run away. That would cause the fight to end too early and you will have to fill up time with plot and character development.

DrShaym

6/10, you forgot the part that you need to shake the camera as vigorously as you could. Also change the camera angles every half a second.

cwlfglx

3:26
"It was all very exciting because Gorak felt excited."
Quality writing, right there.

oralboytoy

It’s also important to maximize that amount of cursing in order to keep the action scene interesting and shocking for the readers!

pandorion

Legitimate writing advice on action scenes, or at least something I've started doing that worked for me: if you can definitely see the scene in your head but you can't figure out how to put it into words, try storyboarding it out. Draw some stick figure doodles of the scene you have in mind, write descriptions of the doodles you've drawn, then add dialogue and embellish with extra detail as needed until you think people will see what you want them to visualize.

PuppyLuver

You forgot to have the hero get the villain at his mercy, at which point the villain will inexplicably try to goad the hero into killing him (for some bizarre reason) and the hero will refuse because "That would make me like you" or some such nonsense. Extra points if the villain then dies to something else like falling rocks or a vengeful henchman.

adruvail

Action; were the protagonist’s plot armor shines the brightest.

captaincoconut

I'm in awe of how accurate the plot armor chart is

christinac

I have to admit, I do worry when a channel called "Terrible Writing Advice" advertises to me where I learn various skills.

theskepticalchristian

A few other points when addressing combat scenes.

1. As combat progresses, the character must always be at 100% capability no matter how injured they appear because if the tension wears down, the viewers will totally be bored instead of being somewhat grounded in realism and opening up the concept of characters modifying their tactics addressing present damage or signifying the desperation of both sides to destroy each other.

2. Speaking of injuries, the only visible injuries either side should take should appear entirely superficial with small gashes on their exposed areas, after all even in combat we cannot tarnish the characters unparalleled beauty, they can only take more dangerous wounds at the end of the fight because then we know it's over

3. When bringing the military in a fight, it should be important that you should feature all the vehicles in their assigned roles. Just kidding! that requires actual research, it's totally okay to use F-22s in ground attack roles or attack helicopters in anything other than ambush tactics, it's not like it's totally breaking immersion!

TheSpearkan