Unlock the Secrets Behind Writing Fight Scenes That Leap Off the Page
Your goal in a fight scene is to make it take just about as long to read as it would take to happen in real time. You do that by controlling the pacing.
In the fight scene above, we have blocks of both interior monologue and dialogue tossed in at the very height of the action. Those would work much better during the lulls between the punches, while the fighters have stepped back to catch their breath and plan their next move.
Not Even Wrong
The example I’ve given above does not even deserve an F. It’s too horrible to merit a grade at all. It’s too horrible to rewrite. The most merciful thing we can do is forget it ever happened.
