Action Writing Tips

What makes it an Action story?

Well that's the question, isn't it?

If you'll permit us to do so, we'll make an attempt at answering that question for you.

Action stories are generally fast-paced. In fact, you might find the plot moving along at such a velocity you could be forgiven for thinking the writer was constantly chugging [insert name of branded energy drink here] whilst writing the story.

Detailed fight scenes, be they depicted as being part of a genuine organization or promotion or spontaneous brawls, are often a feature of action stories, as are chases, vehicular or otherwise.

You might see extreme sports such as snowboarding or base-jumping, sky-diving, and BMXing or Moto-X feature heavily. In fact, if it's a sport showcased at the X-Games it's likely to feature in action works. That is not to say that other sports will not feature, of course!

Parkour, or Free-Running, as seen in the District 13 movies, could well play a large part in such stories, too.

Action is most definitely a genre-breacher and stories of every genre from Sci-Fi to Romance, Historical Fiction to Fantasy, even genres like Chick-Lit and Humour are just as likely to feature a large amount of action as any other.

Over the subsequent few pages, we will be going into more detail about what we've touched on above and where we deem it necessary - or to be fair, where you Actioneers ask for it - we'll even go into as much detail as we possibly can, giving advice on occasion, regarding how to write a particular aspect of Action Fiction!