So, everyone knows someone who writes really beautiful dialogue or fantastic character introspection, but which stories have the best action sequences? What do you think makes good action scenes? Anyone care to link me to stories which have terrific action writing?
(Or books. Let's pretend I am being better about wider reading)
In other news, my week off is almost over. This is upsetting.
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Thanks for the other comments too. You're right. I've been spending time putting in thoughts in the action scenes. Maybe I should take the buggers out.
I have some Janet Evanovich books. Alas, they are with the rest of my books. In storage 300 miles away. I have ONE BOOKSHELF of books left in my house. I leave you to contemplate that horrifying wrongness. *g*
Happy Friday to you, and thanks.
Fic-wise, I'd point at maybe Rheanna? Yahtzee? Kroki-Refur?
If you want kickass original fiction action, you can't do better than John Marsden: the Tomorrow series has awesome action sequences. Long ones, and you always understand what's going on and the suspense just keeps going. It's astonishing. I need to dissect those and figure out how he does it.
I would reread some of the actiony books that I have known and loved only -- as I may have whined about a HUNDRED times previously -- all my books are packed and 300 miles up north.