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Writing Excuses Season 2 Episode 21: Fight Scenes

Writing Excuses

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How to Write a Great Fight Scene

In order to do those battle scenes emotionally the way Tolkien described them, Return of the King would have been rated X. So they had to step it down. They had to retranslate Tolkien's work for the screen. I identify the key, you know, pinnacle, or a nadir, emotional moment in the fight scene. And I use that as the punchline. That's just recently in the strip. There was, I used over-thoom and double-thoom as punchlines. I used their schlock with both plasguns firing,. You know, ah, it's a shame. You're having such a terrible day because I'm having the best day

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