Sunday, 20 October 2019 11:34 pm
Write What Judo
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deckardcanineFrom what I’ve seen, two schools of thought exist on how to write
A story, in particular when characters will fight.
For many viewers, violence is nearly all the fun;
A story’s low on action when the talking’s overdone.
The other school was championed by Ursula Le Guin,
Who said that so-called “action’s” when the story’s wearing thin.
In later years, I’ve come to choose the latter school of thought.
Consider what it looks like when you summarize a plot:
The battles get a sentence for the damage that they’ve caused,
But otherwise, they tend to mean the plot progression’s paused.
Don’t get me wrong; I do enjoy some long ones on the screen,
But literary contexts may demand a shorter scene.
A story, in particular when characters will fight.
For many viewers, violence is nearly all the fun;
A story’s low on action when the talking’s overdone.
The other school was championed by Ursula Le Guin,
Who said that so-called “action’s” when the story’s wearing thin.
In later years, I’ve come to choose the latter school of thought.
Consider what it looks like when you summarize a plot:
The battles get a sentence for the damage that they’ve caused,
But otherwise, they tend to mean the plot progression’s paused.
Don’t get me wrong; I do enjoy some long ones on the screen,
But literary contexts may demand a shorter scene.