Review: For seasoned writers and newbies.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 11, 2013
Anyone know what a Billhook is? I do now that I've read Writing Fight Scenes. Rayne Hall explains each weapon, potential uses, and even weblinks to see the weapons in action. She explains basic fighting scenes like how much and what kind of dialog a hero or a heroine would say during the action and after to remembering what scenery the fight takes place to avoid obvious blunders.Even attire is covered, pun intended. She not only explains not to have women in leather or chain-mail bikinis, but why it wouldn't work in reality.What I enjoyed most about this book besides the lists of different weapons, was the why's of writing fight scenes. Her examples from her books were encourging that if applying her advise, my own stories' fights would be more entertaining and realistic.