Violence: A Writer’s Guide: This is not about
writing technique. It is an introduction to the world of violence. To
the parts that people don’t understand. The parts that books and movies
get wrong. Not just the mechanics, but how people who live in a violent
world think and feel about what they do and what they see done.
Hurting Your Characters: HURTING YOUR
CHARACTERS discusses the immediate effect of trauma on the body, its
physiologic response, including the types of nerve fibers and the
sensations they convey, and how injuries feel to the character. This
book also presents a simplified overview of the expected recovery times
for the injuries discussed in young, otherwise healthy individuals.
Body Trauma: A writer’s guide to wounds and injuries. Body Trauma explains what happens to body organs and bones maimed
by accident or intent and the small window of opportunity for emergency
treatment. Research what happens in a hospital operating room and the
personnel who initiate treatment. Use these facts to bring added realism
to your stories and novels.
10 B.S. Medical Tropes that Need to Die TODAY…and What to Do Instead: Written by a paramedic and writer with a decade of experience, 10 BS Medical Tropes covers exactly that: clichéd and inaccurate tropes that not only ruin books, they have the potential to hurt real people in the real world.
Maim Your Characters: How Injuries Work in Fiction: Increase Realism. Raise the Stakes. Tell Better Stories. Maim Your Characters
is the definitive guide to using wounds and injuries to their greatest
effect in your story. Learn not only the six critical parts of an injury
plot, but more importantly, how to make sure that the injury you’re
inflicting matters.
Blood on the Page: This handy resource is a
must-have guide for writers whose characters live on the edge of
danger. If you like easy-to-follow tools, expert opinions from someone
with firsthand knowledge, and you don’t mind a bit of fictional bodily
harm, then you’ll love Samantha Keel’s invaluable handbook