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If you write a good action sequence well in a novel, you're already writing it for film, because the only way to do it well is to use some of the same tricks. They're rhetorical, not visual, but it's the same move.
Justin Cronin
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Justin Cronin
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: January 1
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