: Re: Can a book with a lot of action be annoying? I’m writing a book and these first 20 pages are mostly just action so my question is if a book is like mad max fury road, (almost nothing

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Yes. Write it anyway.

Because here you are at the very beginning of a novel second guessing yourself. At this stage, the most important thing is that you are sitting down writing. So write.

When you are further into the story, go back and reassess. Maybe the action works, maybe it needs to be cut down, or even cut entirely. Maybe it needs to be moved, or broken up in to pieces. Or fleshed out so it's not so intense and single-minded.

And maybe you'll find yourself with half a book length of nothing but action scenes that aren't really a novel. Then you can start on something that incorporates part of that action. Or not. Either way, you will be much better at writing action than you were before you started.

The other thing is to find people to read what you write. Not in the very beginning, but after you're in to it some. A writer's group is the best way, because then you all commit to read each other's work on a regular basis. Because maybe your action is a full-fledged story. Or maybe it's too much. Only people who read it will know.

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