Writing Violence II: Getting Stabbed

What wounds will kill? What wounds are survivable? What wounds will kill fast? What wounds will kill slow? How does it feel to get stabbed? How are knives used by criminals? Psychos? Military? When are knives uses instead of guns? Why are knives more terrifying to violence professionals than guns? These are just a few of the topics discussed for writers.



The Writing Violence series is designed to help authors create stronger action scenes. By providing authors with a fundamental understanding of how violence works their writing takes on staggering believability. As truth is often stranger than fiction, a working knowledge of violence frees writers to create a broader range of exciting action scenes.