#57: Action Genre Conventions

Published: Feb. 15, 2022, 8 a.m.

In today's episode, I'm going to walk you through the conventions of the action genre. I'm also going to show you how these conventions show up in the movie The Hunger Games. Here's a preview of what's included:[01:25] Action stories are about life and death, and good versus evil. They\u2019re about a character who has to rise up, overcome great obstacles, defeat forces of evil, and maybe even save the world. But that being said, these stories aren\u2019t always about superheroes.[02:35] Readers choose...