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The most tedious part of reading most fanfics on this site, including Ultraman Moedari, is the fights. This is something of an irony, as fighting is the main feature of Tsuburaya's own productions. Fights are also fun to write, but can be quite boring to read. Two escape from this; Ultra 101, due to its slap-stick nature, and Ultraman Zach, which brings us to the second irony in this post. 

Because of the much-maligned, err, style, of Zach, these fights aren't generally sped-read, imho. Even my favourite, Orion, sometimes gets the sped-read curse during the fighting parts.

As no expert, I'm reading some authors that are good at fighting. (you know what I mean!) Some things to note:

  • No need to document every single move in a fight, down to the last punch. Only keep the necessary moves and devote a sentence or two to the others.
  • Keep it short and sweet, and focus on character development/mystery instead, if your series isn't humour based.
  • Let the tension build up, but use quick and easy to read sentences. A fight is *not* the place for flowery prose, Shakespearian ejaculations, or theological/moral thesis.
  • Keep it short, but tense. Don't let your Ultra easily defeat opponents, unless the fight is a minor plot element (see Ultraman Moedari, as the Argentium ultras easily defeat many monsters. Moedari, however, obviously has a lot of trouble handling even a giant turkey.)
  • Don't overuse exclamation points! They are good for some places, but can be easily overdone! Use them for introducing a powerful bad-guy! They're not periods and they're not for every sentence! They can also look like shouting!

Just remember to make the fight gruelling for the fighters, but not for the reader.

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