Writing violence is simple, but it ain't easy. There are tricks to the trade, and the first of these is undertsanding that violence is "a state of excited action, whether physical or moral." Violence can be anything from a temper tantrum to a romantic encounter to an eye-to-eye confrontation to a memory, dream, hallucination or flashback. "Violence" covers immense ground and whatever genre you write in, you have to know how to write it right. So let's get into this.
00:00 - 00:42 INTRO
00:43 - 02:34 WHAT IS VIOLENCE?
02:35 - 04:03 "A STATE OF EXCITED ACTION"
04:04 - 05:27 MORAL VS PHYSICAL VIOLENCE
05:28 - 06:03 VIOLENCE IS YOUR FRIEND
06:04 - 06:52 CONVENTIONAL VIOLENCE
06:53 - 07:31 UNCONVENTIONAL VIOLENCE
07:32 - 14:26 THE TECHNIQUES FOR WRITING VIOLENCE
14:27 - 15:40 SUMMING IT UP (THE AIRPLANE TEST)
15:41 - 16:10 OUTRO
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