Figuring Out a Character’s Fighting Style

centumplagaxxv:

jordannwitt:

I like reading stories with fights, so I write stories with fights. Yesterday I made a passing remark on Twitter that I like figuring out fighting styles for different characters, but that wasn’t enough for some people and they were like, “Tell me more!” and, “What’s your process!” so here we go.

I should let y’all know that I have seven years experience in Taekwondo and two in Muay Thai, so thinking about fighting is just something I do whether in the context of a story or not. I like punching things, and I really like kicking things. I think fighting is fun.

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^ Worth a read if you’ve got characters that need to fight in your work.

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