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Tag Archives: combat
Knowing Your Character And Action Scenes
(Originally posted on March 4, 2015.) I’ve talked about writing action scenes before and people still ask for some tips. Today I’m going to give a few that center on knowing your character. Some might be repeats from other posts, … Continue reading
Posted in Thoughts
Tagged action, author, battles, choreography, combat, heroes, villains, writing
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Revisit: Weapon? Who Needs a Weapon?
Debuting on July 31, 2013, I finally brought any end to the weapon posts. Not saying they were bad, but I didn’t stick to my schedule at all. Looking at the dates, I hadn’t even been blogging for a year … Continue reading
Revisited: Pointy End Goes Into The Other
Posted on July 17, 2013 . . . I have no idea why I didn’t note that this was part of the ‘weapons in fiction’ series. Took me 5 minutes to figure out where everything was after gun post. I … Continue reading
Revisited: Unlimited Ammo and One-Handed Greatswords?
Originally posted on July 10th, 2013 . . . It seems this was my first big theme that carried for a while. I’ve become a lot more lax about this topic, but not with my own writing. Keep needing to … Continue reading
Using Transforming Weapons
This might be a fairly niche topic, but we’ll see how it goes. Definitely won’t be connecting to stories that don’t have action scenes. After all, why have a weapon that can be transformed if you aren’t going to have … Continue reading
Posted in Thoughts
Tagged action, author, combat, fiction, transforming, weapons, writing
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Best of 2023 #3: 7 Tips to Writing About Blunt Weapons
(This was originally posted on March 8th, 2023. Seems I started 2023 strong.) Since these kinds of weapons differ from swords and spears, you can’t always use the same tactics. Swinging a club will not have the same effect as … Continue reading
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Tagged 2023, author, best of, bludgeoning, blunt weapons, combat, fantasy, fiction, tips, warriors, writing
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Revisiting Origins: Nyx
(Might as well move on to the second champion we meet in Legends of Windemere. This post definitely needs to be edited a bunch after I paste it here. I’ll explain why at the end. Nyx debuted in Prodigy of Rainbow … Continue reading
Posted in Character Origins, Legends of Windemere
Tagged caster, champions, combat, destruction, dungeons and dragons, enchantress, fire, heroes, Legends of Windemere, magic, Nyx, origins, sorceress, wizard
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Training vs Experience
Another area of discussion is ‘Training vs Experience’. People argue over which one is better. You see this a lot when people are debating characters fighting each other. Many think training always wins against experience alone while others go in … Continue reading
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Tagged action scenes, author, combat, experience, fiction, heroes, training, villains, writing
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