John Skipp discusses the sale of The Light at the End, written with Craig Spector and released in 1986. Learn tools you can apply to every other kind of scene. Practice character perspective, voice, and point of view in motion.ĭiscover your own writerly strengths and weaknesses, when narrative push comes to stylistic shove.įinish a draft of two action scenes, from a short piece or novel. Learn to reveal your characters through what they do under pressure, not what they say. How to make a life-and-death struggle count, and deliver emotion without losing your story's momentum.Įxplore the many different ways that action plays out in narrative.ĭevelop the techniques that make for blistering set pieces. This lecture concerns the ultimate punch line: Death. Week Two - Kill Kill Kill! Die Die Die! When Will It All End? The focus here is on the fundamentals: How to write a clear, convincing action scene that advances character and plot. This two-week workshop will include written lectures, opportunities for discussion and questions with Skipp, and writing assignments designed to put your new skills to the test! The goal is simple: Write action that hits the reader as hard as it hits the characters. His class, The Choreography of Violence, is designed for all skill levels, and across all genres, from historical drama to futuristic science fiction, westerns and war stories to paranormal romance, fantasy and horror to naturalistic crime thrillers, serious highbrow lit to far-flung bizarro weirdness. He's one of genre fiction's most colorful characters.Īnd he knows a thing or two about writing kick-ass action scenes.
He's a writer on the popular Shudder series Creepshow. He's had a long and accomplished career, authoring well over a dozen provocative titles, editing anthologies featuring the likes of King, Palahniuk, Lansdale and Gaiman, running two publishing imprints, and transitioning into film ( Tales of Halloween). Meet horror/bizarro fiction legend and award-winning editor John Skipp. Strategies for crafting propulsive prose that hits with great velocity and impact. Tricks to believably grounding your action, revealing character in motion. There's an art to vivid, physical, in-the-moment writing. But when it comes to the moment of truth-that big payoff they've spent the whole scene building up to-they blow it. Many writers are skilled at creating a mood, building character and place, finding stories that move them.
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