So I'm writing a short story for literature and I have come upon an odd spot in my story where I need to introduce a new character, but I got to end a fight scene first. I had been doing some research on writing scenes with physical/dialectical conflict, but I'm trying to end it so I can move on. Any suggestions? Help? If you need a sample of the scene, I'll gladly submit some
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The basic question here is:
How do your write anything at all?
My answer is always the same:
Write it. Read how it feels. Rewrite it.
The fundament for your novel, short story, play, comic, computer game, or whatever is a story. Each and every story has a rhythm. This is sometimes called plot, or story arc, or whatever. I like the term rhythm, because it implies that
- a person who reads a lot will have developed a sense for that rhythm
When you read a story (or watch a movie or whatever) you will feel whether the story flows like it should or feels awkward or confusing or bumpy.
So all you need to do to know how to write is to write whatever comes to your mind and then read what you have written. You will have a clear understanding of what you need to change.
If you don't have that feeling, you will need to write more, until you develop that story sense.
Might be a rather simplistic answer but why not just knock this soon to be newly mentioned character out and move things on to him waking up? If there is going to be a fight, that's certainly not an unexpected outcome. It certainly allows for a quick switch to his perspective and to maybe explain this fight from his perspective. If that is the angle you are going for of course.
