On another note, it occurred to me after I wrote it what really defined that combat. When you read it, the combat plays out in the mind like a war movie. Lots of explosions, frantic shaky-cam movement focused on a handful of protagonists at any one time, and plenty of haze of battle. Think Band of Brothers for a good example of where I'm going with that.
A lot of the combat I write I often do up while listening to soundtrack appropriate to the genre. So a lot of BGC music while writing Dead Bang (inserts shameless plug here,) for instance. But that also means it shades the combat somewhat, creating a combat sequence that is meant to play to music. The combat sequence in that fanfic however doesn't really lend itself to music, because it's not that kind of firefight. It's meant to be more realistic.
To write something like that, I'd probably watch a couple episodes of Band of Brothers just to get myself in the proper frame of mind to structure the visuals and sound effects the correct way.
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Those who fear the darkness have never seen what the light can do.
A lot of the combat I write I often do up while listening to soundtrack appropriate to the genre. So a lot of BGC music while writing Dead Bang (inserts shameless plug here,) for instance. But that also means it shades the combat somewhat, creating a combat sequence that is meant to play to music. The combat sequence in that fanfic however doesn't really lend itself to music, because it's not that kind of firefight. It's meant to be more realistic.
To write something like that, I'd probably watch a couple episodes of Band of Brothers just to get myself in the proper frame of mind to structure the visuals and sound effects the correct way.
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Those who fear the darkness have never seen what the light can do.