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<p><span>Our hosts explore how to write compelling confrontations—whether physical fights or emotional arguments—in a live episode recorded on the </span><em>Writing Excuses</em><span> Cruise. Building off Dan Wells' class </span><em>Why Your Fight Scene Is Boring</em><span>, our hosts break down reactions into four elements: focus, physicality, thought, and action. The discussion dives into how newness, character history, and anticipation shape these moments, and how effective confrontations reveal both character and motivation. Plus: sword fighting, puppetry, and driving on black ice. </span></p><p><strong>Thing of the Week: </strong><span>Death and Other Details (on Hulu)</span></p><p><strong>Homework:</strong><span> Watch an action scene in a movie—something that you really like. Then, to underline how different books are as a medium, transcribe it— blow for blow, step for step, and see how long you can get into that before you tear your own hair out because it becomes incredib...