Is dislocating a thumb to escape handcuffs a "thing?" Recently, at a writer's conference, I was on a panel called "Blood …
Where People Are Stabbed
Where People Are Stabbed If your character is wielding a knife or on the receiving end of a blade, you might be …
How to Punch – Step by Step
In today's post we are going to learn how to punch which seems like a no brainer. I mean, most of us have punched …
Writing Scenes With Sparring
Sparring scenes matter. To write great scenes with sparring, we first need to understand what sparring is, isn't, and …
Fighting a Bloodied Opponent
For most of us, bloody battles are only experienced passively from a theater seat or couch. Thank heavens for that. …
Fight Scene Critique
Though my work with Writer's Digest blog, I sent out an all-call for snippets of a fight scene for a fight scene …
Where to Punch a Character
If you are blocking a fight scene ripe with punches, this post is for you. Where your character is punched will create …
Injuries by Magic
This past weekend I had the privilege of attending and mentoring writers at the Realm Makers Writers Conference. If …
Collecting Evidence
Collecting evidence is far more involved than what is shown on the screen. Any time evidence is collected from a crime …
The Polygraph Test
Polygraph test results have doomed many a movie/book character. They proclaim their innocence, of course. They always …
Types of Crime Scene Evidence
We're continuing our series on CSI. In this post, we will look at different types of evidence you might write into a …
CSI Myths
If you are using CSI TV shows as reference for your work, you might want to reconsider. A lot of what you see are CSI …