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Those are fantastic. Which is pretty much what I always think whenever I see samples of your writing. I don't get "unpublishable." I just don't.
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Those are fantastic. Which is pretty much what I always think whenever I see samples of your writing. I don't get "unpublishable." I just don't.
Ranged and gun fights generally are fun to read--space for dialogue and tension and thought. Melee is just... Very immediate.
--Remember that a fight is also a conversation, even if no words are spoken. There are motives and agendas involved.
Exactly.Those are fantastic. Which is pretty much what I always think whenever I see samples of your writing. I don't get "unpublishable." I just don't.
I crib a lot from youtube vids. I did a lot of research into how spears are used, and what fighting styles utilize them for my story, so I could better understand my main character. I watched videos of instructors demonstrating attacks, defenses, counterattacks and the like, and that familiarity made writing fight scenes easier.
I've seen all those films, but films are visual and engage me differently.
I want everything I write to pull double duty, narratively speaking, and I struggle to make fights do that.