Jim Thomsen · Aug 5, 2026
Bad Action Beats in Novels, or You Make My Gut Ululate Like the Wings of a Panther
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Action beats—those pauses in the midst of physical or emotionally intense scenes—are essential to commercial story craft. But some are so overwrought that they pull you out of the story. Or do they?
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