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Write the Fight Right

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Robinne Weiss

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Over the weekend, I attended a couple of sessions at GeyserCon featuring Alan Baxter, an Australian author who's books, I admit, I've never read. One session was on how to write fight scenes (he's a martial arts instructor, so he knows his stuff).

Afterwards, I picked up his short e-book, Write the Fight Right. It goes through many of the physical and psychological aspects of fighting that are important for writers to understand. It's short--really just a long essay--but priced accordingly, and well worth the cost for the valuable insights it provides.
 
I really wanted to go to that session when I saw it in the programme, but I didn't know he'd written a book about it too—the next best thing! Thanks for sharing!
 
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I really wanted to go to that session when I saw it in the programme, but I didn't know he'd written a book about it too—the next best thing! Thanks for sharing!
He does day-long workshops too, which would be really great, if his short presentation was anything to go by. I'd be willing to bet we'll see him again at ConNZ next year.
 
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