How to Write a Fight Scene, Even if You Don’t Know Shit About Fighting — Part 2: Double Duty and Mistakes

Welcome back to my aptly named mini-series, in which I discuss how I approach fight scenes despite my lack of concrete knowledge of swordfighting (not that you shouldn’t research at all, but there are ways to get away with some basic know-how!).

Part 1 served as an introduction, and Part 3 will have a concrete example to analyse, but I wanted to dig in a little deeper on what, besides fighting, goes into a fight scene!

Making your scenes work double duty

Action-packed sequences are cool, no o...