Go for the Knockout: Writing action and fight scenes (Writer Bites: Brief essays on the heart and craft of writing fiction)

A good fight scene needs a lot more than Wham! Bam! Pow! This brief essay covers (among other things) how to keep the action clear and understandable, how to bring your reader into your protagonist's head and heart while the fight's going on, and how to make your climax more than "just another fight scene."