Hatrack River Writers Workshop: Who wanted info on bear attacks?

This is topic Who wanted info on bear attacks? in forum Open Discussions About Writing at Hatrack River Writers Workshop.

To visit this topic, use this URL:
http://www.hatrack.com/ubb/writers/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=005276

Posted by debhoag (Member # 5493) on :

There's a show on discovery channel right now called, "I was Bitten." Starts out with a bear attack. They usually repeat multiple times.

Posted by Unwritten (Member # 7960) on :

It was me. Thanks. That'll help a lot.

Posted by Monk (Member # 8295) on :

Darn, I missed that thread, must have been before my time. What was it about?

-W.

Posted by Unwritten (Member # 7960) on :

I didn't post it up here, (which, in hindsight might have been a good idea), I think I asked it down in the Hatrack Groups section.

quote:
I wish you could have heard my discussion with my brother-in-law about an upcoming scene that he has a certain amount of expertise in--bear maulings. He was recommending slashes, including one that would cause my main character's intestines to spill out--and of course he would trip over them. Heck, I said, maybe the bear could trip over them too. What a great way to escape--trip the bear with your intestines so that it falls back and hits its head and blacks out, just long enough for you to escape. Of course, chances are it would land ON your intestines, and then you're stuck. Authors have such better conversations than other people!
If anyone has any advice about murders or bear maulings, I'd love to hear it. It's not really my forte.