I’ve hit another wall in the writing process (this last week/weekend was pretty unsuccessful — I’m going to fall wayyyyy short of my goal of 15,000 words for the month), and realized why. I can’t write battle scenes.
I don’t know what it is, but I can’t write large-scale battles. That was my last big hang-up, and it seems to be the current one. Thankfully, this is the only other major battle in the book, so once it’s over, I’m done with that dilemma (at least until the next book). I’ve been wracking my brain trying to figure out a way around it, and I think I have it.
One of the main characters gets injured during the course of the fight (which is necessary to set up the next part of the plot), so I’m going to try to write the battle from his perspective. I think this will be an easier way for me to write it — it will be more feeling/emotion based, which is a nice way to help develop his character, and it’ll be like a series of small conflicts — no need to describe large scale combat.
I feel it’s important to identify your strengths and weaknesses — not only does it provide you with an opportunity to work on your weaknesses, but it helps move you past the roadblocks that your weaknesses spring up.
So what are your weaknesses and how have you moved past or corrected them?
