autopsy - FightWrite A Writer's Resource for Fight Scenes, Action and Violence Fri, 08 Nov 2024 20:04:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.fightwrite.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/cropped-fist-pen2-1-32x32.png autopsy - FightWrite 32 32 What Happens in an Autopsy – for Writers https://www.fightwrite.net/what-happens-in-an-autopsy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-happens-in-an-autopsy https://www.fightwrite.net/what-happens-in-an-autopsy/#comments Fri, 04 Mar 2022 14:15:39 +0000 https://www.fightwrite.net/?p=9647 In writing my most recent book Fight Write, Round Two: Crafting Chaos, Combat and Crime, I took a deep dive into autopsies. If an autopsy is your work, this post is for you! The word autopsy comes from the Greek word autopsia which means, “to see for one’s own eyes.” Auto – self, opsis – sight. In forensic speak, it may also just be called a post mortem, from the Latin “after death.” Before we get to what happens in an autopsy, let’s get a few things out of the way. Why an autopsy?   Autopsies may be formed for …

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