Unlock the Secrets Behind Writing Fight Scenes That Leap Off the Page
Nor are we sure exactly which body parts are getting all the punishment, although we get a list of a few parts that might be getting whacked. Or might not — who knows? But your reader can’t visualize a punch to “all parts of the body.”
And furthermore, what’s Arnie doing while he’s taking all those punches? He can’t possibly be patiently accepting them. Does he throw a counterpunch? Beg for mercy? Phone E.T.? We can’t see this scene. We can’t see Arnie. We’re just being told about it.
Don’t show “six or eight punches” to an unspecified part of the body. Show one punch to the gut. And then…
