Tag Archives: vehicles

#2 of 2022: Chase Scene Post?

Posted on January 23, 2023 by Charles Yallowitz

(Surprised to see this one in the Top 5 much less at #2.  Originally posted on January 14th, 2022.) While a staple of action movies, the chase scene isn’t as easy to pull off when it comes to books.  They … Continue reading →

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7 Tips to Writing Chase Scenes

Posted on January 14, 2022 by Charles Yallowitz

While a staple of action movies, the chase scene isn’t as easy to pull off when it comes to books.  They depend a lot on visuals to create the right amount of suspense and tension, which means word choice is … Continue reading →

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7 Tips to Putting Vehicles in Fiction

Posted on February 15, 2017 by Charles Yallowitz

Make sure the vehicles fit the world.  Riding a horse through a futuristic utopia that has spaceships everywhere might seem cool, but it could be very impractical.  Then again, you might not consider a horse a vehicle since it’s alive. … Continue reading →

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Dirty Dan’s Discount Cars & Bikes: All Trades Welcomed

Posted on February 13, 2017 by Charles Yallowitz

Welcome to Dirty Dan’s where we supply the good, bad, pretty, ugly, and desperate of the Shattered States.  You can’t get very far without a vehicle and I see that you have plenty of canned beans to trade.  Not that … Continue reading →

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Cassidy’s Jeep: The Third Protagonist?

Posted on March 7, 2016 by Charles Yallowitz

When I was preparing to write Crossing Bedlam, I put a lot of thought into what type of vehicle they needed for the cross-country trip.  I needed something strong, durable, off-road ability, and not too slow.  Some people suggested a Humvee … Continue reading →

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