Fi Phillips

It's half term holidays here and I'm already having to separate my children to stop arguments turning into violence. It makes me think that parents are probably the best at writing fight scenes - we certainly have plenty of inspiration. Joyce Scarborough's article Writing Fight Scenes Without Melodrama on Fiction University lays out her slant on how to write a fight scene. It's worth knowing that Joyce's husband is a boxer so she has a real insight into the mechanics of the subject.

Working on the first draft of my second novel for NaNoWriMo , I've already had to write two fight scenes and I've come to realise that there's a definite knack to it. K M Weiland offers wonderful advice on just this topic in her article 5 Keys to Writing Epic Battle Scenes . Have a look.