tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378702741483615751.post5341378117235669651..comments2023-03-29T03:33:46.640-05:00Comments on The Unpublished Writers' Guide to Survival: Guest Post: "Getting Physical" by Silver JamesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378702741483615751.post-64860656238567081952013-02-11T10:39:43.232-06:002013-02-11T10:39:43.232-06:00I find that link helpful when I get stuch, Janet. ...I find that link helpful when I get stuch, Janet. And you write action very well. Just look at the snippets from your NaNo "dancing with the atars" MS from this fall! :)Silver Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15606837105470988646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378702741483615751.post-26049498993122613182013-02-11T10:38:27.156-06:002013-02-11T10:38:27.156-06:00I'm not laughing at you, JB, I'm laughing ...I'm not laughing at you, JB, I'm laughing with you. Yeah, been there, did that, refused to buy the tee shirt. I should admit that I gave my husband a black eye during a fight scene we choreographed. Needless to say, I do them alone now. *bwahaha*Silver Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15606837105470988646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378702741483615751.post-86726950791671914222013-02-11T08:50:01.719-06:002013-02-11T08:50:01.719-06:00I'm giggling at JB's admission of hitting ...I'm giggling at JB's admission of hitting herself while writing :)<br /><br />Great reminder, Silver, that we need to look at everything as a writer. And we need to convey that 'everything' to our readers in a natural way. Overall, I have to say that I do bring 'action' to the scene as I write (like you, I see it taking place in my head like a movie). But I also have to layer in more (or take out too much) when I revise. <br /><br />Off to check out the link. Thanks!!Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13297537075103893956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8378702741483615751.post-55345410598348976192013-02-11T07:38:21.443-06:002013-02-11T07:38:21.443-06:00Great piece! I often struggle writing the physical...Great piece! I often struggle writing the physicality of a scene too. (and truth be told, I tend to pay less attention to them as a reader)<br /><br />I'm big on acting out in front of the mirror or going to a cafe and watching people interact, just so that I can figure out their physical reactions.<br /><br />And more than once I've hit myself or knocked myself out while choreographing a fight scene, lol.JB Lynnhttp://jblynn.comnoreply@blogger.com