Guide to Writing Fight Scenes

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Postby Retten » Sun Dec 28, 2003 11:35 am

Wow you should make a guide book out of this! So very informational now I want to start writing fight seens lol
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Postby Icarus » Sun Dec 28, 2003 12:25 pm

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Postby Kisa » Sun Dec 28, 2003 6:06 pm

WOW! Thanks UC! This is perfect, if I ever get to fight scenes in my story I will definitley refer to this guide. Well done! ^_^
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Postby MillyFan » Sun Dec 28, 2003 6:16 pm

THANK YOU!!!!! :hug: I'll use this in the future UC-maybe it will help me some. I've always been *terrible* at writing fight scenes, yet the fandoms I write for or want to write for (Trigun, Cowboy Bebop, and now Gundam Wing) are all shounen, and hence fight scenes are often inevitable. . .despite my efforts to avoid them by writing post-series fics. :)

UC, seriously, you've made me a better writer. :)
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Postby Kokhiri Sojourn » Sun Dec 28, 2003 9:37 pm

Again, great work. It's like Christmas all over again!
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Postby uc pseudonym » Wed Dec 31, 2003 9:34 am

MillyFan wrote:UC, seriously, you've made me a better writer. :)


That makes all of this feel worth it... thanks. And thanks to all others speaking benevolantly in relation to my work.
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Postby btboy500 » Wed Dec 31, 2003 9:42 am

Speaking of your work, do you have an account on fanfiction.net/fictionpress.net? I'm really interested in your work. Do you have other fics on these boards?
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Postby uc pseudonym » Wed Dec 31, 2003 9:46 am

I have numerous parts of The Fall here in the writing section... all of them can be found through the Archives, if they're no longer on the boards.

Yes, I do have accounts on both fanfiction.net and fictionpress.net. Linkage:
http://www.fanfiction.net/~uncreativepseudonym
http://www.fictionpress.com/~uncreativepseudonym

I'd warn you, most of my writing on fictionpress is just older versions of The Fall. I do have some worthwhile things there, but not too many. What I have on fanfiction.net is much more worthwhile.

But enough about me. On topic again.
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Postby Solid Ronin » Fri Jan 02, 2004 1:06 pm

Thank you Master
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Postby uc pseudonym » Fri Jan 02, 2004 4:29 pm

But of course. May it serve you well.
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Postby Icarus » Sat Feb 28, 2004 2:24 pm

I'd like to petition that this tread be moved to the Tutorials section.
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Postby Solid Ronin » Sat Feb 28, 2004 2:27 pm

ummm why?
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Postby uc pseudonym » Sun Feb 29, 2004 2:42 pm

Perhaps because it really is a Tutorial. That's a decent idea, but I hadn't given it much consideration myself.

Consider your petition granted.
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Postby Solid Ronin » Sun Feb 29, 2004 4:04 pm

I realize that but its just seem out of the blue
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Postby Fsiphskilm » Sun Feb 29, 2004 9:11 pm

Oh at first I thou
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Postby Mave » Mon Mar 01, 2004 7:21 am

wow, where has this thread been hiding all the while? Terrific job, UC! This is definitely going to benefit all writers and artists alike. *cuts, pastes & saves Tutorial in hard drive* I'll ask questions when I digest through the whole tutorial word by word. ^^
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Postby uc pseudonym » Tue Mar 02, 2004 5:53 pm

Volt... your post would be quite humorous if it wasn't so scarily true. In retrospect, I wish I would have posted an example of a bad fight scene.

Thanks, Mave. I'd be happy to answer any questions, or even cover any specific situations.
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Postby Solid Ronin » Tue Mar 02, 2004 5:59 pm

uc pseudonym wrote:Volt... your post would be quite humorous if it wasn't so scarily true. In retrospect, I wish I would have posted an example of a bad fight scene.

Thanks, Mave. I'd be happy to answer any questions, or even cover any specific situations.


whoa I just read Volts post...I dont write fights that bad do I , Master????
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Postby uc pseudonym » Tue Mar 02, 2004 6:09 pm

No, you're considerably better than that (especially your newer work). Volt wasn't targeting you, in case you think he was. But I've read so much literature exactly like it (and I don't read that much fanfiction...).
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Postby Solid Ronin » Tue Mar 02, 2004 6:14 pm

uc pseudonym wrote:No, you're considerably better than that (especially your newer work). Volt wasn't targeting you, in case you think he was. But I've read so much literature exactly like it (and I don't read that much fanfiction...).


No, I knew he wasnt but I just wanted to make sure what I wrote didnt read like that. And thank you and its all thank to your guide
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Postby churchgirl111 » Wed Mar 03, 2004 8:16 am

oooooo now i'm afraid he was talking about me.. :( ^_^" eeek...
Great thread by the way...i'll have to refer back to it since my stories tend to have alot of fighting heheeh
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Postby rocklobster » Thu Aug 18, 2005 12:16 pm

Okay, I know I'm gravedigging, but I checked this topic at random, so bear with me. I think it just stinks when a writer assumes his/her audience knows what a certain move looks like. Assume they don't, and describe it. It never hurts.
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Postby Myoti » Thu Aug 18, 2005 7:03 pm

Hmm. This is definetly a useful tutorial. I believe that I have used quite a few of those styles, though I'm not quite certain whether I did them well or not.

I believe I come with some fairly unique ideas, but I can never get them to come correctly. I'd be appreciative if someone more "expierenced" would read view some of my own stories and tell me what and how I can approve on them ("Solar Cycle", in the Writing section).
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Postby uc pseudonym » Fri Aug 19, 2005 9:05 pm

I'm afraid it would be highly difficult for me to get a response to you at the moment, but such might be possible given enough time. At the moment things are hectic at my end, but when they settle down I think I would enjoy giving you feedback on how you write fighting.
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Postby Myoti » Fri Aug 19, 2005 10:10 pm

I'm afraid it would be highly difficult for me to get a response to you at the moment, but such might be possible given enough time. At the moment things are hectic at my end, but when they settle down I think I would enjoy giving you feedback on how you write fighting.

I understand, and I wasn't meaning you specifically. I would simply appreciate it if anyone with more education and skill in writing would be able to help me.
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Postby Kawaiikneko » Sat Aug 20, 2005 6:47 pm

Wow, thank rocklobster for gravedigging.. I'm so glad I found this thread ^_^ It was wonderful UC, thanks for the guide. I'm sure I'll be putting it to good use in the very near future.
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Postby uc pseudonym » Sun Aug 21, 2005 1:41 pm

Thank you.

Myoti wrote:I understand, and I wasn't meaning you specifically. I would simply appreciate it if anyone with more education and skill in writing would be able to help me.


I realize that, but because this is my thread I thought a response was in order.
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Postby insanewitapen » Mon Aug 22, 2005 2:51 pm

WOO! this helped so much ^-^ I will definatly be reffering back to this as I write. *hugs uc pseudonym* you did a wonderful job thankyou~~ X3
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