What should your character do if they are assailed and need a weapon? They should just look around! In this post, we are …
What Happens in an Autopsy – for Writers
In writing my most recent book Fight Write, Round Two: Crafting Chaos, Combat and Crime, I took a deep dive into …
Where Your Fight Scene Takes Place
When writing a fight scene, where it takes place is of the utmost importance. In fact, where a fight takes place is more …
What Fight Scenes Can Do For Your Story
What fight scenes can do a lot for your story is a lot! Like, a lot, a lot. Stuff that goes far beyond the fray. Don’t …
Emergency Room Terms for Writers
Where there is a fight, there is often injury. If your character ends up in the ER, here are some emergency room terms …
Bullwhips Use & Bullwhip Injuries
I was recently asked about bullwhip injuries via an IG story posted by @rachelschadeauthor which, I LOVED!!!!! Buy …
Recovering from Blood Loss
I was recently asked a question by writer Rebekah Sikyta regarding recovering from blood loss. She wrote: If he (her …
Fight Scenes With Magic
December is a magical time of year. So, I thought it only appropriate for FightWrite™ to discuss fight scenes with …
Types of Punches
Here's a little compendium of the types punches as well as a proper fight stance which directly affects them. I'm not …
NaNoWriMo Fight Scene Guide
November is National Novel Write Month a.k.a. NaNoWriMo. The goal of NaNoWriMo is to get that manuscript out of your …
Fighting Monsters
More than any genre, I mentor writers of Speculative Fiction. You know, sci fi, fantasy, horror, superheroes, all the …
Describing Pain for Writers and their Character
Looking for a word to describe that pain? Here are some adjectives for pain as well as descriptions of the five major …