Mask of Humanity

Best Action Scenes - POLL


POLL

I'm especially interested in action scenes. I really like writing action scenes and I've tried a few different styles during book 1. I'm trying to refine my style and work out the best, most enjoyable and engaging way to write these scenes. I'm the kind of person where my favourite books are all stories that have top tier, amazingly written action, and I'll literally dig them out just to read through that one fight scene because it was so good, I guess I'm weird in that but yeah I just love well written combat - and I want to make those kind of awesome scenes myself. If you have recommendations for stories with amazing action, lemme know.

I opted to make this it's own chapter, because this may well be the longest poll with the most options you've ever seen on this site, and I didn't want it cluttering things up for people who have no interest in it.

Anyway, currently, there are a few scenes in the story where I feel I really nailed it, and my plan is to try and write the combat going forward more in that kind of style where possible.

But I feel I ought to check with you guys because, well it'd kind of suck if the style I go with is actually something the majority of you didn't like.

Stolen novel; please report.

At the bottom of all this there is a poll, mentioning just about every fight scene I consider major in the story. These don't include absolutely all of them - stuff like retreating from the undead patrol, getting shot by archer (though they were action scenes and I am very happy with how I wrote them) I feel like they're unlikely to be someones actual favourite since he's not so much fighting as surviving. Also, the maximum options I could put for a poll is 30 so yeah, I had to even cut some that I would've otherwise included.

You get 2 choices, so please pick your 2 favourite fight scenes from the story! If your fav pick isn't in the list, like if the scene of him getting shot by Pegasi Archers was in fact your favourite, then pls mention it in the comments, I want to know.

Also, if you have any thoughts on WHY you enjoyed a scene/scenes more than others, please do say so! Was it just written better? Did it have some character growth alongside the combat? Was there a satisfying moment you liked? Was there a certain cool thing involved that made it more interesting to you? Was Nicolai in a bit of a weird place with the dark/hallucinations? Whatever comes to mind!

SUGGESTION - I'd recommend sitting here a moment and thinking of your favourites two fights. Then go and vote for them, they're most likely listed. Instead of reading through all the options. Cuz jeez just looking at it makes my head spin and gives me overchoice indecision. So you might find it easier to just sit and think and see what immediately comes to mind, rather than actually reading all the options. Everyone's different tho so read through them all if you want ^^

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