Favorite Writing Tip
“Tosca Lee once told me to write the first draft like nobody will read it. That really takes the pressure off.”
Carla Hoch is an award-winning writer, trained fighter and professional educator who regularly teaches on the craft of writing fight scenes as well as the mechanics of fighting for writers. She is the author of the Writer’s Digest book Fight Write: How to Write Believable Fight Scenes and Fight Write, Round Two: Crafting Chaos, Combat, and Crime. She is an instructor for Writer’s Digest University and Writing Mastery Academy. Her award-winning blog, FightWrite.net, has been named in Writer’s Digest 100 Best Site for Writers six times. Carla is a world champion jiujitsu player and has experience in almost a dozen fighting styles. She lives and trains outside Houston, Texas.
