I'd like to just create a general topic regarding realistic military fiction and have some thoughts about those who are experts on the subject. What are some general things that you hate that I could avoid, while describing combat and tactics in a story?
For my setting it's a futuristic sci-fi piece but combat includes mostly modern weapons and tools, think of stories like Ghost in the Shell. My WIP focuses on small unit tactics and follows a single squad in conducting operations in a hostile territory stuck behind enemy lines and spending most of the time getting back to friendly territory with no support.
I'd just like some more general advice on what to avoid and some cliches or inaccurate things you've seen in fiction so that I can avoid them.
For a starting point how would you go about describing a fight between two snipers?
What would be going through the heads of the two combatants. And being and having a sci-fi element what would be some tools you could see being used in the near future to give them an edge?
For my setting it's a futuristic sci-fi piece but combat includes mostly modern weapons and tools, think of stories like Ghost in the Shell. My WIP focuses on small unit tactics and follows a single squad in conducting operations in a hostile territory stuck behind enemy lines and spending most of the time getting back to friendly territory with no support.
I'd just like some more general advice on what to avoid and some cliches or inaccurate things you've seen in fiction so that I can avoid them.
For a starting point how would you go about describing a fight between two snipers?
What would be going through the heads of the two combatants. And being and having a sci-fi element what would be some tools you could see being used in the near future to give them an edge?