We are in the middle of a series on building a female fighting character. In our last round on FightWrite™ we looked at …
Writing Female Fighters
One of the questions I am asked most often is, from a technical perspective, how do women fight differently than men? …
Breaking Zip Ties – For Writers
Zip ties are little strips of plastic used to bind items together. I'm not sure who came up these suckers, but they are …
Writing Action – Making The Reader Wince
In Writing Action - Large Movement, we focused on our characters and their movements in fight scenes. In Writing Action …
Writing Action – What Not To Write
In our last Writing Action we looked at judo responses to toilet paper theft. We looked at the video and ways to write …
Writing Action – Large Movement
It stands to reason that the present pandemic will be the setting for future books. As that is the case, I thought this …
Writing Prompts for Kids!
A lot of us are on lockdown right now due to COVID-19. To help kiddos occupy their time during this "viral occupation” …
How to Move a Corpse for WRITERS
As a fight scene editor and writing instructor, I get asked some pretty odd questions: The most efficient way to go …
What Your Character Should NOT Do When they Punch
"He clenched his fist tightly and swung hard." Ever read that? It makes sense. For your fist to be solid, it makes sense …
Carrying a Sword on Your Back
Kirk vetted the blade portions of my book for accuracy. Due to the public outcry that begged the question, can …
What Fighters Think About While Fighting
I got a question on "the Tweeter," recently that, I have to say, I've received more than a dozen times. What do fighters …
Crime Scene Cleaning Pt 2 – Writer Questions
Recently on the FightWrite podcast, I interviewed David Morales of BioTechs Crime and Trauma Cleaning Services. He was …