Write Fight Scenes by Christine Haggerty

A concise, practical guide to crafting believable, character-driven action scenes, focusing on how each confrontation serves story, advances plot, and reveals character. It explains point of view, pacing, choreography, and clarity, and balances cinematic flair with realistic consequences such as injuries, recovery, terrain, and tactics. Coverage spans unarmed combat, blades, firearms, and speculative elements, supported by examples, checklists, and exercises to avoid clichés and revise for maximum tension and readability.