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For starters, avoid getting into details. This is true generally, and even more so during battle. People are moving quickly! It is no time for details. I've read a battle-scene where the author d...
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#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T02:07:01Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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Yehuda Shapira
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2019-12-08T02:07:01Z (almost 5 years ago)
For starters, avoid getting into details. This is true generally, and even more so during battle. People are moving quickly! It is no time for details. I've read a battle-scene where the author described specific attacks, and the impression I had was that the fighting was happening in slow motion. With classical music in the background. Really slow music. The best battle-scene I remember reading included almost no descriptions of the actual battle, but of colors, emotions and cries. Needless to say, this scene left a powerful impression, and I actually felt like I was there. Of course, since you're writing this from the king's perspective - and the king is normally in the back lines - you'll have to get into overall detail of what's happening on the field. After all, the king needs to know what's going on! See also: [Good action scenes](https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/2459/what-makes-a-good-action-scene)
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2011-12-29T13:39:50Z (almost 13 years ago)
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