I discovered my fight scenes need a lot of help. Seriously. Simply not writing them isn’t an option. What would be the fun in that? I set up a Google Alert for “fight scenes, writing.” Below is a list of articles on writing fight scenes that I found helpful. I’ll keep adding to this. Whenever I come across a good fight scene in a book, I write it down. I have a journal just for fight scenes.
- How to Write Fight Scenes with Alan Baxter
- Let’s Fight
- Writing Fantasy Fight Scenes with Powers
- Writing Forums: How do you write a fight scene?
- FanFiction.Net Forum: How do you make a good fight scene in a fantasy story?
- Technical Topics- Fight Scene
- Wettpad: How to Write A Fight Scene
- The Challenge of Creature Battles
- Inkpunks: Writing About Fighting
- Creating Fight Scenes and Battles
- LITHICBEE: Writing Research: Sword Fights
- Myself as Written: Notes on Writing Fight Scenes
- SF Signal: Mind Meld: Which Authors Write the Best Action Stories
- The Writer’s Lens:Writing the Fight Scene: Your Character is Never Unarmed—and Neither are You
- The Brightest Night: “My Name is Inigo Montoya.”
- Tara Maya’s Tales: Writing Battle Scenes
- J.R. Tomlin on Writing and More: Writing a Believable Sword Fight Scene (Part 2)
- So You Want to Have a War
- Writer’s Gallery: 10 Tricks for Writing Great Fight Scenes by Rayne Hall
- 10 Tips for Writing Fight Scenes
- 8 Things Writers Forget When Writing Fight Scenes
- How to Write a Fight Scene Readers Will Love
Books on Writing Fight Scenes
Novels with Great Fight Scenes
- The Blade Itself– Joe Abercrombie
- The Warded Man– Peter Brent
- Black Feathers– Joseph D’Lacey
- Halfway to the Grave– Jeaniene Frost
- One Foot in the Grave– Jeaniene Frost
- Prince of Thorns– Mark Lawrence
- King of Thorns– Mark Lawrence
- The Legend of Drizzt Series– R.A. Salvatore
- The Last Wish– Andrzej Sapkowski
- The Way of Shadows– Brent Weeks
