Please note, that the reaction to pain, depends on the personality of the character and the wound.
-heavy, harsh, ragged breathing
-panting, gasping, grunting, hissing, groaning, whimpering, screaming, shrieking, moaning
-clenching their teeth, arching their back
-ears ringing, unable to speak
-pressing their hands on the injury to try and stop the bleeding, trembling, eyes rolling into their head
-vision blurring, room spinning
-crying, wailing in despair, begging for mercy
-clunching where it hurts with shaking hands
-joking, weak smiles, shaky laughs
-toughing it out, fixing their eyes on a point in the distance, taking deep breaths
-stuttering, swearing
-dissociating, staring into space
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Fightclub - A writer's guide to fighting, pain and injury
ActionIf you want action in your story, you write a fight scene. But how does that work again? And how the hell do I describe pain and an injury? How much does this hurt? Is that even realistic? If you've been asking yourself those questions and more, you...
