Violence A Writer Guide Second Edition edition by Rory Miller Steve Perry Reference eBooks
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This is not about writing technique. "Violence A Writer's Guide" 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.
“Novelists need to be experts on storytelling. For everything else, we need to fake it convincingly. If you want to become a real expert on violence, you can spend years in a dojo, and in a jail, and on the street, and in Iraq, and in conferences and libraries analyzing your real-world experiences. Or you can borrow the expertise of someone who's done all that. Clear, concise, invaluable. Sgt. Rory Miller has written the best book on violence I've read.”
--NYT Best-selling author Brent Weeks
Violence A Writer Guide Second Edition edition by Rory Miller Steve Perry Reference eBooks
I seriously love this book, and I haven't devoured a non-fiction so quickly in ages! Miller is thoroughly engaging and fascinating, and he is brutally honest in his perspective as a professional. He doesn't claim to know everything, and where he's not had first-hand experience of something, he'll tell the reader and not go into too much speculative detail. The topics and information provided are far-reaching and - at least to me - totally fascinating. (I must admit to being a Criminal Justice major in college, so while nothing in this book has totally shocked me, it has certainly made me stop and think quite a number of times.)From a writer's point of view, I instantly found myself assessing my characters' reactions and motives...thinking about the violent scenes in my writing and planning future ones. My current WIP is set in a Victorian technology-level alternate universe, so much of the info about modern guns and gunshot wounds and tasers (and all legal system info, for that matter) doesn't apply. That's not to say it hasn't been thought-provoking; plus, the info is there if I ever decide to write something set in our world or in a more modern era. The other topic I found particularly awesome is the discussion of male vs. female aggression and the effects hormones/adrenaline have on men vs. women...and also how women are accepted and viewed in violence professions, such as a police force. Again, the info presented made me stop and think about how some of my female characters would/will react to a violent encounter and how to best prepare them to persevere in a violent situation.
Some of my favourite parts are excerpts from Miller's blog and the psychological aspects of violence. Those travel across the board, regardless of whether one is writing a story about a modern-day police officer or a fantasy about an elf assassin. There are things in this book that will seriously make you take a hard look at yourself and your worldview when it comes to violence. And the best/worst part about this book is that you'll never, ever be able to sit through a movie where someone enters a room intent on killing another person and winds up talking to them for ten minutes before the action begins...according to Miller (and I believe him), that is just not what happens in real life. Fights, as we often imagine them, do not happen.
My husband and I have had some interesting discussions over the last few days when I bring up ideas in this book. He (not a writer) maintains that writers need to disregard reality sometimes to make for an entertaining story, and although I largely agree with him, I also think books like this one can tighten the violence and make for something truly refreshing, scary and far more interesting than what we're used to seeing in books and on TV. As with so much in life, we have to be able to see what the reality of the situation is before we can break or bend the rules...and info like this pushes us, as writers, to be more creative in portraying the truth. I highly recommend this book, even if all you do is read it and disregard it. I promise that, at the very least, it will make you think.
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I have been a fan of Rory Miller's for years now. In my communications and defensive tactics classes, I recommend to all my students to read "Conflict Communication (ConCom)," of which some of the basics are also talked about in "Violence." I would recommend this book also to other trainers. There is a wealth of information that can be included in classes, and I find it is always good to base statements on actual incidents rather than on statements provided in textbooks...Miller can help fill in the blanks when your own personal stories do not go far enough.
For fiction writers, this is a must-have. Too many times I read books where the intent is to provide realism but the action described fits better on a comic book or pulp fiction level. (Example A recent story detailed a professional in a heated battle hitting/killing 19 targets with 19 shots with a handgun, with most of the shots approximately 50 feet away...plus a trained-by-her-father female who doesn't regularly practice lying on her back on the floor and gunning down professional killers without a hint of the sympathetic nervous system taking over). Authors writing this sort of nonsense expecting readers to interpret it as realism would do well to read Miller's book.
There is extensive detail concerning entry/exit wounds by knives, handguns, rifles, machetes. Blunt objects of all sizes and shapes. What happens to tissue, bones, tendons. What happens with different injuries without modern medical assistance. Miller also covers how people react when wounded, how death looks and sounds, the advantages/disadvantages of concealed weapons, and much more.
Two of the most interesting items I found Miller's description of Adrenalin and the effects it has on males and females; and the differences in outlook between someone living today versus someone living hundreds of years ago. For an author, having the knowledge of these two areas will prevent glaring mistakes in your stories.
There are many links in the book where more knowledge can be gained. I read this on my . Only one link had been removed, and two others wouldn't work on the due to a missing plug-in (haven't tried the computer yet to see if I can access it that way). I highlighted the sites in the so I can review them later on the computer...lots more to see besides where Miller is directing us, so additional resources to use.
Overall, a good read with lots of helpful information.
I seriously love this book, and I haven't devoured a non-fiction so quickly in ages! Miller is thoroughly engaging and fascinating, and he is brutally honest in his perspective as a professional. He doesn't claim to know everything, and where he's not had first-hand experience of something, he'll tell the reader and not go into too much speculative detail. The topics and information provided are far-reaching and - at least to me - totally fascinating. (I must admit to being a Criminal Justice major in college, so while nothing in this book has totally shocked me, it has certainly made me stop and think quite a number of times.)
From a writer's point of view, I instantly found myself assessing my characters' reactions and motives...thinking about the violent scenes in my writing and planning future ones. My current WIP is set in a Victorian technology-level alternate universe, so much of the info about modern guns and gunshot wounds and tasers (and all legal system info, for that matter) doesn't apply. That's not to say it hasn't been thought-provoking; plus, the info is there if I ever decide to write something set in our world or in a more modern era. The other topic I found particularly awesome is the discussion of male vs. female aggression and the effects hormones/adrenaline have on men vs. women...and also how women are accepted and viewed in violence professions, such as a police force. Again, the info presented made me stop and think about how some of my female characters would/will react to a violent encounter and how to best prepare them to persevere in a violent situation.
Some of my favourite parts are excerpts from Miller's blog and the psychological aspects of violence. Those travel across the board, regardless of whether one is writing a story about a modern-day police officer or a fantasy about an elf assassin. There are things in this book that will seriously make you take a hard look at yourself and your worldview when it comes to violence. And the best/worst part about this book is that you'll never, ever be able to sit through a movie where someone enters a room intent on killing another person and winds up talking to them for ten minutes before the action begins...according to Miller (and I believe him), that is just not what happens in real life. Fights, as we often imagine them, do not happen.
My husband and I have had some interesting discussions over the last few days when I bring up ideas in this book. He (not a writer) maintains that writers need to disregard reality sometimes to make for an entertaining story, and although I largely agree with him, I also think books like this one can tighten the violence and make for something truly refreshing, scary and far more interesting than what we're used to seeing in books and on TV. As with so much in life, we have to be able to see what the reality of the situation is before we can break or bend the rules...and info like this pushes us, as writers, to be more creative in portraying the truth. I highly recommend this book, even if all you do is read it and disregard it. I promise that, at the very least, it will make you think.
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