Stuart J. Tanner and Cullen McHael share hard-earned lessons about getting your fight scenes right.
0:00 Intro
1:34 What are Fight Scenes For?
10:00 The Fun Element
11:00 Problem Solving
14:39 Scaffolding, Worldbuilding, and Playing With Rules
24:22 The Great Challenge: Clarity
28:25 Examples of Compelling Fight Scenes
32:52 4 Things a Fight Scene Can Do
34:56 Establishing Stakes: Costs, Risks, and Invincibility
40:17 Reading: Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan
45:10 Analysis of Altered Carbon’s Effectiveness and Choices
55:18 Final Thoughts
Edited by Cullen McHael
Produced by Cullen McHael
Hosts: Stuart J. Tanner, Cullen McHael
Questions of the Day:
1. Why are fight scenes important in speculative fiction?
2. Examples of compelling fight scenes?
3. What makes a fight scene compelling?
4. Why have fight scenes?
5. Where do authors sometimes go wrong with fight scenes?
Book Recommendations
Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan