We've been looking at how your characters can fight mentally by means of a form of mental manipulation known as …
Psychological Warfare – Gaslighting Pt 3, Victim ResponseRead More
Psychological Warfare – Gaslighting Pt 2, What Gaslighters Say
In our last round at FightWrite.net, we looked at the manipulation methods of gaslighting and how a gaslighter behaves. …
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Psychological Warfare – Gaslighting Pt1, Making a Gaslighter
In The Art of War Sun Tzu wrote that "supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting." …
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Do Women Kill Less Often than Men?
In our last round of FightWrite.net, we looked at How Women Kill. This week, we are going to consider how often they …
How Women Kill
Female hostility is different than that of men. However, it’s the male version with which we are most familiar. That’s …
The Claymore – The Good and The Not Great
Ah, the Claymore: the zenith of metal work in a fantasy writer's cache of weaponry. All is lost until the fateful moment …
Hitting a Pro
Disparity between combatants is the most common issue that authors present to me. Either one combatant is larger than …
Surviving a Throat Cut – Featured FightWriter: Heather Titus
Our featured FightWriter Heather Titus asks: Can a character survive his throat being cut? That is a very good …
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Would You Kill A Robot?
In the post Fighting Robots we looked at ways to best a robot. The goal, of course, being either to thwart the thing or …
Human Bites
A human bite is a nasty thing. While any bite that breaks the skin can become infected, human bites have a very high …
Suturing With Needles and Bugs
On the heels of our series regarding blade damage, I thought it appropriate to look at stitches. If your character has …
Blade Damage – What Will Kill
Happy New Year, all! I took a little time off for the holidays and to enjoy a little steaming cup of flu. Ah, good …