by Jill Williamson | Apr 17, 2012 | Writing
By Jill WilliamsonI notice a lot of perfect characters in novels, especially male heroes in romance novels written by women… Those authors might argue, “He’s not perfect! He has a scar.” Or “He’s not perfect! He refuses to forgive his brother for stealing his fiancé.”...
by Jill Williamson | Apr 13, 2012 | Writing
By Jill WilliamsonThis is the third post in a three-part series on writing fight and/or action scenes. Click here to read the first post, Writing the Action/Fight Scene, and click here to read the second post, Editing the Action Scene: Seven Ways to Make it...
by Jill Williamson | Apr 10, 2012 | Writing
by Jill WilliamsonWell, Sarah F. has been an inspiration to me with her comments, so I decided to write two more posts about fighting. Today I’m going to talk about magical battles, and on Friday, the all-out war.What makes a magical battle different from a regular...
by Jill Williamson | Apr 6, 2012 | Writing
If you missed the first part of this post, How to Write an Action Scene, be sure to check it out. Now that you’ve written out your fight scene, there are some things to consider when you go back in to edit your scene. 1. Believability Be on cliché alert. We’ve all...
by Jill Williamson | Apr 3, 2012 | Writing
by Jill WilliamsonFight scenes are fun, but they’re not easy. By the time I was writing From Darkness Won, the third book in my fantasy trilogy, I was skipping over all the fight scenes, saving them to write later. There were just SO MANY in my trilogy, and I was...
