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.
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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.
FightWriteâ¢: Knife Fights, Part 2
In the last of this two-part answer, author and trained fighter Carla Hoch explains the physical mechanics behind a knife fight and provides useful tips for your next project.
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Knife fights. As someone who knows nothing, how do they work? It is a fight at all or just an attack? Defense options? What do novices need to know first? What do experts know that the rest of us don’t? Most pressing medical concerns? What can be handled with first aid and what requires the ER?
These are hearty questions with answers long enough to fill a book. I began answering them in the last post by explaining a few basics about knives. This go around, I will focus more on the action. For each of these, I have more extensive posts on my FightWrite™.net blog and chapters in my WD book,
FightWriteâ¢: Knife Fights, Part 1
In this article, author and trained fighter Carla Hoch explains the basics of various types of knives and the implications a knife fight may have on your characters and plot.
Author:
Jan 1, 2021
Knife fights. As someone who knows nothing, how do they work? It is a fight at all or just an attack? Defense options? What do novices need to know first? What do experts know that the rest of us don’t? Most pressing medical concerns? What can be handled with first aid and what requires the ER? Brenda Carroll
Ooooh, knives. What a keen way to begin 2021. I can tell you right now this post will be a two-parter. I can go on for days about blades. Also, you asked a lot, Brenda. I love that.