Action Genre: Stories About Life and Death like Die Hard and The Matrix
Do you want to write great Action Stories?
A story in the Action genre focuses on the protagonist’s sacrifice for positive movement along the death / life value spectrum while generating feelings of excitement in the reader.
The underlying question in every Action story is: How do I overcome powerful external forces intent on killing other innocent victims and me?
The Four Core Framework of the Performance Genre
1. Core Need → Survival
2. Core Value → Death to Life
3. Core Emotion → Excitement
4. Core Event → Hero at the Mercy of the Villain
Action Genre Sub-genres include:
Person Against Nature - Stories like JURASSIC PARK and THE WAR OF THE WORLDS
Person Against Person - Stories like THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISCO and PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN
Person Against States - Stories like THE HUNGERS GAMES and THE BOURNE IDENTITY
Person Against Time - Stories like RANSOM and 300
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0:38 - Underlying Question in Every Action Story
0:59 - Core Need → Survival
1:10 - Core Value → Life and Death
1:36 - Theme / Controlling Idea of Acton Story
1:50 - Core Emotion → Excitement
2:19 - Core Event → Hero at the Mercy of the Villain
2:41 - Conventions of Action Story
4:18 - Obligatory Moments of Action Story
5:09 - Sub-Genres of Action Story
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