Why You Should Never Write Action Scenes For Your Blockbuster
MovieSIt's the height of summer movie season, which means that
action movies are blowing up all over. And that makes this the
perfect time to revisit some advice from John Rogers, creator of
Leverage and writer of the new webcomic Arcanum. Here, he
explains why you should never write an action scene. Ever.  All
images from The Wolverine.  Recently, Josh Friedman penned
another one of his mini-masterpieces on writing sex scenes.
Specifically, how he find writing sex scenes interesting, but
he's not all that sussed on writing action scenes. I cite the
relevant passage mined from the good stuff about Angeline Jolie
and Mickey Rourke's toilet:  The people who are fucking lazy are
the writers. Honestly, what does an action scene do to move a
story ahead? Nothing. What does it do for a characters' journey?
Nothing. What does it do for the movie itself? Take up a chunk
of time that now doesn't need to be filled with character and
story.  And you know why?