How can I write these scenes?

[victortiti89]

In my screenplay, I have reached a story part that goes like this: The villain has put a reward on the main character's head, so many people attack him all the way to his destination(not the final destination, just a secondary one). He has to fight some of them, but these fights aren't essential to the main plot. How can I write this on the page? Is there a technique I could use to show this more quickly or simply go along by writing a new scene each time the hero fights an attacking group? Thanks for helping me!

 

[mad_hatter]

Is the script for you to produce? If so, write it however you want.

How do you picture this playing out? As always, write only what a viewer would see on screen.

How about a montage? That could work. Here's a pretty decent page on formatting a montage: http://screenwriting.io/how-do-you-format-a-montage-in-a-screenplay/

 

[rayw]

Is the script for you to produce? If so, write it however you want.

+1

Write it how you would want to see it. "I write, and it magically pops up on screen that way!"

He has to fight some [antagonists], but these fights aren't essential to the main plot. How can I write this on the page? Is there a technique I could use to show this more quickly or simply go along by writing a new scene each time the hero fights an attacking group?

Just change how the protag handles each fight, keeping the description brief, maybe no more than a few lines of sction description to communicate the gist of each conflict.



Any particular reason why the protag cannot learn something from each of the fights/conflicts culminating into something useful/meaningful at the final secondary destination?

 

[harmonica44]

Does any character die or get maimed during the fights, which lead to any turns in the plot? If not, I suppose you could just wrote that 'He fought them off and got away", and that's it. But perhaps readers will want more to get interested.

 

[IndiePaul]

Here's some useful advice on how to write screenplay action:

http://reelauthors.com/script-analysis-coverage/how-to-write-great-action.php

The Ang Lee quote was interesting. In Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon he simply writes:

They fight.

It also includes Bourne screenplay fight details.

And how Michael Mann handles fight scenes (he uses a lot of detail).

 

[Tales_from_The_Argo]

Personally what works best for me is just to get your characters talking. Put them in a situation or environment and just make them talk...see what happens. If it's boring change the situation, or raise the stakes (e.g. make time a critical factor, or revealing of something unexpected).

The main thing is you need to know your characters, you need to be able to actually see them. You won't know everything about them straight off but thats the fun! Know what they want and WHY they want what they want. Goodluck!