Skip it. But don't ignore it fully. Skim over it. It's something I do when I'm stuck with an idea about how to write something.... and often times stuff half writes it'self.
Like...
Adam and Steve fight. Adam's a bit of a traditionalist, so his moves are very blunt and seemingly straight forward. Steve seems to be getting ahead because of his unconventional moves, but every time he seems to be almost there, Adam manages to cut him off. Steve is getting more and more frustrated as a result, and starts to get a bit sloppy. Adam waits for the right moment... As Steve lunges out in a move that had worked as a finishing move earlier in the story against Big Bad Guy, but leaves himself completely open, Adam strikes, his fist crashing into Steve's stomach so hard that Steve sees white. For a moment it's uncertain.... then Steve crumples down in to the ground, curling around his bruised belly. Adam stands over him, panting in triumph, then leans down a bit stiffly to brush a bit of hair back from Steve's face, "idiot... if I'd had a knife you would have been killed... was it really worth the risk?"
Or similar... you get a rough outline of the action... without worrying about dressing it up in pretty language. You get a bit of an idea of how, exactly, it turns out, so you can use it later, and if you're lucky you get a semi-detailed rough outline.
the point is to remove the pressure of "must make it long, must make it pretty and action-packed." and if you scene ends up being "adam and Steve fight. Adam's a traditionalist, and steve is too emotional, and adam takes advantage of him when he's angry, and lays him out flat" then at least you've got the scene firmly outlined too.
just a thought.
But then, I've always been horrible at sammarizing things. They always end up longer then the original :p
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Skip it. But don't ignore it fully. Skim over it. It's something I do when I'm stuck with an idea about how to write something.... and often times stuff half writes it'self.
Like...
Adam and Steve fight. Adam's a bit of a traditionalist, so his moves are very blunt and seemingly straight forward. Steve seems to be getting ahead because of his unconventional moves, but every time he seems to be almost there, Adam manages to cut him off. Steve is getting more and more frustrated as a result, and starts to get a bit sloppy. Adam waits for the right moment... As Steve lunges out in a move that had worked as a finishing move earlier in the story against Big Bad Guy, but leaves himself completely open, Adam strikes, his fist crashing into Steve's stomach so hard that Steve sees white. For a moment it's uncertain.... then Steve crumples down in to the ground, curling around his bruised belly. Adam stands over him, panting in triumph, then leans down a bit stiffly to brush a bit of hair back from Steve's face, "idiot... if I'd had a knife you would have been killed... was it really worth the risk?"
Or similar... you get a rough outline of the action... without worrying about dressing it up in pretty language. You get a bit of an idea of how, exactly, it turns out, so you can use it later, and if you're lucky you get a semi-detailed rough outline.
the point is to remove the pressure of "must make it long, must make it pretty and action-packed." and if you scene ends up being "adam and Steve fight. Adam's a traditionalist, and steve is too emotional, and adam takes advantage of him when he's angry, and lays him out flat" then at least you've got the scene firmly outlined too.
just a thought.
But then, I've always been horrible at sammarizing things. They always end up longer then the original :p