Does anybody have advice on writing good fight scenes?  I'm totally
bogged down in one right now...

-skeezy5

Imagine you are there... and you are fighting. What would go through your
mind? How would you react? Imagine the dirt on your skin, the blood in your
mouth, the sweat on your brow, the pain in your knuckles from punching, the
ache in your limbs as you grow tired. To simply chart out the actions of
your characters is to make the fight two-dimensional. Give the characters
depth by exposing their thoughts and feelings, however fragmented by fear,
pain or hatred, to the reader. And last but not least, try using
foreshadowing to make the reader feel that they know what will happen, but
draw the fight out to a conclusion that might also surprise the reader too
;)

Andy Skuse


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