It never ceases to amaze me how short action scenes actually are when you write them. 

I recently wrote an action sequence in Kayfabe and Kink #2 — two separate wrestling matches, a lot of tension, some yelling, and then a short denouement. It took me about 45 minutes overall to write, and I figured I’d hit about 4000 words in that time. 

Then I ran a word count and discovered it was only 2500.

Well, that’s disappointing. 

My outline for this book says that I’m doing okay, but I don’t think Act Two will be very long. I’m at 22,900 words on the book right now and Act One isn’t quite done yet. Maybe this book has four acts, instead of just three; I’m not too sure. I know I have at least two more full wrestling matches to write, and I have to work in some more spanking and sex, as well as dramatic tension. I do know how it’s going to end, and I’m looking forward to writing the climactic wrestling scene; I also have a couple of important non-sex non-spanking scenes that have to be written. Ideally I’d like the book to be 65,000 words or more. 

But if I keep writing action scenes, that might not end up happening. We’ll see.