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Trained fighter and author Carla Hoch focuses in on what a fight is and what a fight can do for our stories, our characters, and our readers.

In this post, trained fighter and author Carla Hoch explores the process of writing fight scenes with magic—how to make the unbelievable believable, how limitations bring us closer to our characters, and more.

Articles by Carla Hoch

FightWrite™: How Do People Who Don’t Know How to Fight, Fight? If your character isnt a trained fighter but the scene calls for a fight, how can you make the scene realistic? Author and trained fighter Carla Hoch has the answers for writers here. Author: —Anonymous Wow, this is a great question because most people do not know how to fight. It is very realistic for our characters not to know as well. Formal fight training is not only about proper technique, but also about overcoming...

FightWrite™: Fight Scenes and Dialogue In this article, author and trained fighter Carla Hoch answers a writers question about how to handle dialogue during a fight scene, including pros and cons to having dialogue at all. Author: 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 s...

FightWrite™: 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. Author: 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 ...

FightWrite™: 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 fir...