CLASS 81: How to Write Action Scenes

Many authors struggle with writing action sequences that are believable, vibrant, and effective. This doesn’t need to be the case. The principles for crafting effective action scenes are not hard to master. No matter what genre you write, you can pay off narrative promises through engaging and emotionally resonant action scenes. In this seminar, we’ll teach you how.

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YOUR INSTRUCTOR

Steven James is a critically acclaimed author of nineteen novels and numerous nonfiction books that have sold more than 1 million copies. His books have won or been shortlisted for dozens of national and international awards. In addition, his stories and articles have appeared in more than eighty different publications, including The New York Times. He is also a popular keynote speaker and professional storyteller with a master's degree in storytelling. Since 1996 he has appeared more than two thousand times at events spanning the globe, presenting his stories and teaching the principles of storytelling to writers, speakers, teachers, and leaders. When he's not writing or speaking, he hosts the weekly podcast The Story Blender, on which he interviews some of the world's leading writers and storytellers. In 2020 he was inducted into the Christy Hall of Fame for excellence in fiction writing. Publishers Weekly has called him "[a] master storyteller at the peak of his game.”

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