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⠀⠀¹¹ writing fight scenes

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writing fight scenes! ━━ no. 011
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     NOT ONLY WAS THIS A HIGHLY REQUESTED TIP, BUT IT IS ALSO ONE THAT I HAVE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT FOR A MINUTE NOW. Writing fight scenes is not the easiest task to accomplish. It's tricky and very hit-or-miss. For most, it's the most dangerous writing territory for them to dabble in. If one is not confident in their ability to craft a convincing action scene, nine times out of ten, they won't. Instead, they'll stick to a verbal fight of conflict instead of choosing to travel down the more compelling and eccentric avenue.

     If you are one of those people — I don't blame you. In fact, I used to be the same way. It was either I avoided writing an action scene or settled for something less satisfactory that I wasn't proud of or compromised for as a way to compensate for the material I could have, but chose not to write. However, not everyone is intimidated by writing action scenes. Some people thrive off of them and enjoy creating them, yet don't realize that they're doing it wrong.

     Now, there is truly no right way to write a fight scene, in my opinion, but there are ways to write one that is good, compelling, suspenseful, engaging, and captivating.

     I'm going to be transparent: in practice, writing a realistic fight scene for your story is one of the hardest things you'll ever do. That's because fight scenes can be very boring to read. A TV show or movie allows the audience to "take a passive stance and have the action wash over them." Meanwhile, when reading a fight scene, it requires your readers to activate their imagination and visualize the scene in their mind by using your words, and the descriptions that are given to them in your story. It's not an easy ask and can cause readers to become frustrated if they can't envision what it is they're reading.