# Quick Question: Do you prefer reading longer or shorter fight scenes?

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**Tags:** question, writing, books\
**Created:** [May 2, 2024, 5:52pm UTC](https://forum.wackywriters.com/t/quick-question-do-you-prefer-reading-longer-or-shorter-fight-scenes/14957 "2024-05-02T17:52:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fazen\_Lai](https://forum.wackywriters.com/user_avatar/forum.wackywriters.com/fazen_lai/32/44650_2.png) [@Fazen\_Lai](https://forum.wackywriters.com/u/Fazen_Lai)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 1:03pm UTC](https://forum.wackywriters.com/t/quick-question-do-you-prefer-reading-longer-or-shorter-fight-scenes/14957/22 "2024-05-16T13:03:51Z")

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Thanks for this.

My current novel has a lot of fight scenes spaced by character moments, but I’ve realized I need to take one or two of them out to help the pacing.

No one enjoys reading the same thing twice, and prolonged fight scenes can have that effect.

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**Author:** ![system](https://wacky-storage.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/3X/7/4/74e3567b0515d0f2c89ca58b2104b3a624ad29dd.png) [@system](https://forum.wackywriters.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2024, 1:04pm UTC](https://forum.wackywriters.com/t/quick-question-do-you-prefer-reading-longer-or-shorter-fight-scenes/14957/23 "2024-05-30T13:04:50Z")

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