Mon 2 Nov, 2009
This was meant to be the first major battle of the book. Tom’s gone out in his Armor before, of course, but this is the first battle in which the Trych completely overwhelm him.
There are three big pitfalls to watch out for when writing about action: describing too much (every little detail), not describing enough (resulting in muddied action where you don’t know who’s doing what), and walking the line so carefully in the middle that the action becomes drab and boring. Worse, sometimes you have to increase detail in one area, and back off on detail in another.
As a result, I tend to re-write action sequences the most.
But this sequence I’m happy with. It’s tense, and a lot happens. Which is good for just about any scene.
