tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post5603351755857437484..comments2024-03-20T02:26:46.482-04:00Comments on Joanna Bourne: Fight ScenesJo Bournehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13457862962618886252noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post-66448287891966432182010-03-04T20:56:07.674-05:002010-03-04T20:56:07.674-05:00Hi Leah Marie Brown --
Oh. Utterly cool. I want...Hi Leah Marie Brown --<br /><br />Oh. Utterly cool. I want just dozens and dozens of writers to swarm to this period and make it popular. Such an exciting time.<br /><br />I have some posts on historical costume that might possibly be interesting, though all my research is for the last decade of the C18 and the first two of C19. Click on 'Historical Costume' in the right sidebar to find them. I have a few more posts on costume still in draft form, almost ready to go. I WILL get to them. I just never seem to get the time. *sigh* <br /><br />Have you seen Catherine Delors' blog? Fabulous reference.Jo Bournehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457862962618886252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post-26478114800447693312010-03-04T18:05:37.280-05:002010-03-04T18:05:37.280-05:00I stumbled upon your page quite by accident, which...I stumbled upon your page quite by accident, which is ironic since I just finished writing a fight scene between my hero, a British spy, and the villain, a really bad guy. :)<br /><br />I thoroughly enjoyed your blog. Imagine my delight and surprise when I discovered we write about the same time period - 18th c. France!<br /><br />Serendipity led me here, I believe...Leah Marie Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05432159961271108072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post-54266671877244436022010-02-23T08:54:37.281-05:002010-02-23T08:54:37.281-05:00@Sandy --
It's this whole thing about how tim...@Sandy --<br /><br />It's this whole thing about how time passes in the fictive world. We take a page to write a visual impression that must have been caught in an instant. The reader feels an instant has passed. <br /><br />But in the same single page we could show fifteen minutes passing if we followed the action.<br /><br />I think description somehow takes up less 'mental space' than action. We know a visual impression or a thought is swift and intangible. We read about it and don't nudge the fictive clock forward in our minds. <br /><br />We know it takes a minute to wash our hands, so a single line saying the character did that nudges the clock forward a minute or two.Jo Bournehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457862962618886252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post-34328542223503115322010-02-23T03:25:15.599-05:002010-02-23T03:25:15.599-05:00I love writing fight scenes. Mine tend to be prett...I love writing fight scenes. Mine tend to be pretty short if we're talking about real-time. Written, they usually go on for two to three pages. I think the reader will go with you so long as your hero isn't getting shot, kicked in the head, stabbed in the back, etc. but still gets up and wins the fight. A longish fight scene has to be plausible.<br /><br />This might be a cheat, but I have had my heroine comment on a sequence of events taking no more than a few seconds. I think it works for my story because it's first person and it's something my heroine would notice and comment on (in her head).Sandy Williamshttp://brimfire.livejournal.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post-56627760961825357532010-02-22T17:37:35.726-05:002010-02-22T17:37:35.726-05:00@ Linda --
One of the all-time classics. I love ...@ Linda --<br /><br />One of the all-time classics. I love that scene.<br /><br />As I understand it . . .<br />The story is that Harrison Ford was slated to film a long action fight, but he was sick with tourist tummy. <br /><br />So he said, "I'll just shoot him."Jo Bournehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457862962618886252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post-47415694497629092652010-02-22T15:59:23.183-05:002010-02-22T15:59:23.183-05:00When I think of realistic fight scenes, Raiders of...When I think of realistic fight scenes, Raiders of the Lost Ark always springs to mind. <br /><br />You know the scene I mean? The one where the baddie pulls out the huge sword and lashes it about in an oh-so-menacing manner, and Indie is about to engage...and then a "f*ck this sh*t" look comes over his face, and he pulls out his gun and just shoots the bad guy. I love that scene. *grin*<br /><br />Don't know how well it would work in a book, though. I think you need the visual impact to pull it off.<br /><br />Whatever you go with, I'm sure it will be perfect for characters and the situation they're in at the time. :)Linda G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04576828490765434497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post-29088076457876335702010-02-22T13:47:38.182-05:002010-02-22T13:47:38.182-05:00It occurs to me that I haven't DONE any bindin...It occurs to me that I haven't DONE any binding-up-of-wounds scenes with the hero and the heroine. And they can be so powerful.<br /><br />I will have to do one sometime. Yes. I will keep this in mind.Jo Bournehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457862962618886252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15617001.post-23046239589420299972010-02-22T11:26:36.421-05:002010-02-22T11:26:36.421-05:00hand to hand combat! Cause nothing is sexier than ...hand to hand combat! Cause nothing is sexier than a man unleashing his anger and because he is bruised and sexy, will lead to the heroine kissing his boo boos in some nice ways.KT Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15958121742156171756noreply@blogger.com