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Below are 10 tips and tricks on how to write rich action.
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Keep things in your novel moving at a fast pace.
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Keep the tension up and/or the suspense building even in scenes without fights.
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Fights should advance the plot; don't add fights just to have action.
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Let characters' actions reveal their nature and/or intent.
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Ensure that each fight is unique - don't use the same fight or type of fight over and over.
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Don't describe fights blow-by-blow; let the reader's imagination take over.
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Incorporate the environment/scenery into the action.
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Take notes from action movies.
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Leave chapters at a suspenseful point - don't give your reader a "safe point" to put down your book.
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Use sentence structure to relay the speed of the action: long sentences to draw out a battle, short sentences to give the feel of quick movement.
For more information, visit the following websites from which the above points were gathered:
http://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/there-are-no-rules/expert-tips-for-writing-action-scenes
https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-secret-of-writing-an-action-movie-in-book-form-1733438769
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