5 tips for adding an animal to your novel's fight scene

We’re sensing a theme at Writer’s Digest (and, honestly, enjoying rolling with it).

We’ve now gone from tips on developing an animal character or a fantastical creature to how to incorporate an animal in a fight scene.

Author and trained fighter Carla Hoch’s latest installment of her FightWrite series covers her five P’s for including an animal partner — real or imaginary — in a battle.

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