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Fiction Writing Made Easy with Savannah Gilbo | How to Write a Novel & Writing Advice

#57: Action Genre Conventions

Fiction Writing Made Easy with Savannah Gilbo | How to Write a Novel & Writing Advice

Savannah Gilbo

Education, Writing Advice, Plotting A Novel, Editing A Novel, Character Arcs, Fiction Writing Mistakes To Avoid, Story Development, Fiction Writing Tips, How To Outline A Novel, Character Development, Story Structure, Books, World Building, Arts, Writing Stronger Scenes, How To, Fiction

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🗓️ 15 February 2022

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

In today's episode, I'm going to walk you through the conventions of the action genre. I'm also going to show you how these conventions show up in the movie The Hunger Games. Here's a preview of what's included: [01:25] Action stories are about life and death, and good versus evil. They’re about a character who has to rise up, overcome great obstacles, defeat forces of evil, and maybe even save the world. But that being said, these stories aren’t always about superheroes. [02:35] Readers cho...

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0:00.0

Hey there, Savannah here. I wanted to take a quick second to let you know that my notes

0:04.2

to novel course is officially open for enrollment right now until October 12th.

0:08.8

Notes to novel is an eight-week live program that will teach you how to confidently write

0:13.1

the first draft of a story you feel proud of. I've taken everything I've learned from coaching

0:17.1

hundreds of authors across all genres and channeled it into a comprehensive step-by-step

0:21.8

implementation program that not only teaches you the high-level theory behind writing a story

0:26.3

that works, but how to execute what you're learning in real time too. Doors are open right now

0:31.2

and this enrollment period closes on Thursday, October 12th, at 1159 Pacific time. So if you've

0:37.1

been waiting for an online writing course that meets you where you're at, gives you a community

0:41.0

of like-minded writers to share the experience with, and lets you write your novel in real time

0:45.9

as you learn, then head over to savannagobo.com forward slash yes to learn more or to enroll.

0:51.8

As many of you know, I am not taking one-on-one clients for the foreseeable future,

0:55.7

so this is the best way to get my help with your story alongside a community of like-minded

1:00.8

writers who share similar goals. So one more time that's savannagobo.com forward slash yes

1:06.4

to learn more about the notes in novel program and to enroll before doors close on October 12th

1:11.5

at midnight Pacific. The special talent or gift is how the reader gets to feel special by proxy,

1:18.2

so they get to feel special because your protagonist pretty much becomes the reader's

1:22.9

avatar for experiencing the story. And the flip side of this talent or gift is how we writers

1:28.0

can create conflict and make our protagonist more relatable. So no matter how you present it,

1:33.0

all action protagonists have something in common. They have the potential for heroism and the

1:37.6

courage to sacrifice for others. Welcome to the Fiction Writing Made Easy Podcast. My name is

1:44.0

savannagobo and I'm here to help you write a story that works. I want to prove to you that

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