How Fight Scenes Can Reveal Character
Fight scenes in fiction aren’t just physical—they can be psychological, emotional, and often setting our characters up for any kind of fight helps us understand them better. Why they walk the way they do, what guards they have up, their weaknesses, their strengths.
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In this episode of “Writer’s Digest Presents,” trained fighter and author Carla Hoch shares all of her knowledge about writing fight scenes—why writing fight scenes is a good writing skill to have, how fight scenes can reveal character, and more.
About Carla Hoch
Carla Hoch is the award-winning blogger of FightWrite® and author of the Writer’s Digest book Fight Write: How to Write Believable Fight Scenes. She is a WDU instructor who regularly teaches on the craft of writing fight scenes, action, and violence as well as the mechanics of fighting for writers. Carla is a world champion jiujitsu player and has experience in almost a dozen fighting styles. She lives and trains outside Houston, Texas.