FightWriteâ¢: Fight Scenes and Dialogue
In this article, author and trained fighter Carla Hoch answers a writer s question about how to handle dialogue during a fight scene, including pros and cons to having dialogue at all.
Author:
Dear FightWrite™,
I keep seeing fight scenes where the protag and villain are dialoguing during a fight. This always seemed a little cheesy to me…how realistic is it that people could have a full conversation while in the middle of a physical fight? And, if so, where should I write dialogue in fight scenes? Anonymous
Writing dialogue in a fight scene: ah, yes, let the controversy begin. There tends to be two camps on this subject. The first says it’s not realistic. The second says it is. Well, I’m going to introduce a third point of view that will hopefully make peace between the factions. Then we can all go watch an action movie.