Comments on: The Art of Physical Surveillance https://writersinthestormblog.com/2017/06/the-art-of-physical-surveillance/ A Blog On Writing Wed, 29 Jan 2025 05:06:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 By: Piper Bayard https://writersinthestormblog.com/2017/06/the-art-of-physical-surveillance/#comment-127713 Thu, 22 Jun 2017 02:06:42 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=31761#comment-127713 In reply to dholcomb1.

Glad you found the article useful. 🙂

]]> By: dholcomb1 https://writersinthestormblog.com/2017/06/the-art-of-physical-surveillance/#comment-127660 Mon, 19 Jun 2017 04:49:36 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=31761#comment-127660 great tools!

]]> By: Piper Bayard https://writersinthestormblog.com/2017/06/the-art-of-physical-surveillance/#comment-127646 Sat, 17 Jun 2017 01:55:00 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=31761#comment-127646 In reply to Fae Rowen.

Most welcome! Glad you enjoyed.

]]> By: Top Picks Thursday! For Writers & Readers 06-15-2017 | The Author Chronicles https://writersinthestormblog.com/2017/06/the-art-of-physical-surveillance/#comment-127618 Thu, 15 Jun 2017 17:01:57 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=31761#comment-127618 […] Gold discusses why Wonder Woman is the essence of a strong female character, Piper Bayard details the art of physical surveillance, John Gilstrap talks knife fighting, and Donald Maass reminds us that all of our characters live in […]

]]> By: Fae Rowen https://writersinthestormblog.com/2017/06/the-art-of-physical-surveillance/#comment-127582 Wed, 14 Jun 2017 02:12:19 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=31761#comment-127582 So many villains. So many operatives. So few pages. Thanks for a fun post, Piper!

]]> By: Piper Bayard https://writersinthestormblog.com/2017/06/the-art-of-physical-surveillance/#comment-127578 Tue, 13 Jun 2017 19:42:31 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=31761#comment-127578 In reply to Jenny Hansen.

LOL. You know we have fun with our names.

]]> By: Piper Bayard https://writersinthestormblog.com/2017/06/the-art-of-physical-surveillance/#comment-127577 Tue, 13 Jun 2017 19:42:03 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=31761#comment-127577 In reply to Jenny Hansen.

I'll ask Holmes if we can't come up with an article about fight scenes. I'll be seeing DD later this month, so the two of us will be able to demonstrate and take pictures.

One of my favorite conversations with him during the course of our writing was when I asked him what our protag, John Viera, would do if he were being followed through a Pakistani market by two thugs. "First he'd lead them down a side street. Then he'd shoot the one closest to him in the head and grab the other from behind. Then he would XXXXX his XXXXX and XXXXX his XXXXX and say XXXXXXXX while he bleeds from his XXXXXX and he would finish off the guy by XXXXXXXXX."

Me: *closes gaping mouth* "I think we might need to soften that a bit for the readers."

Holmes: *startles, aghast* "Softer than that?"

I <3 my Holmes. 🙂

]]> By: Jenny Hansen https://writersinthestormblog.com/2017/06/the-art-of-physical-surveillance/#comment-127576 Tue, 13 Jun 2017 16:25:09 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=31761#comment-127576 Oh, and "Schmucky Putavich" -- Hahahaha!

]]> By: Jenny Hansen https://writersinthestormblog.com/2017/06/the-art-of-physical-surveillance/#comment-127574 Tue, 13 Jun 2017 16:19:08 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=31761#comment-127574 Okay, so now I want to write spies. Or bad guys with entourages. Can you write about fight scenes next? I am positive Holmes has like 92 ways to kill someone with his bare hands and the various sundries in his pockets. (What IS in a spy's pockets?) I want to hear about the 10 ways a mildly trained civilian can get in on that action. That would be awesome for cozy mysteries. 🙂

]]> By: Jenny Hansen https://writersinthestormblog.com/2017/06/the-art-of-physical-surveillance/#comment-127573 Tue, 13 Jun 2017 16:17:24 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=31761#comment-127573 In reply to Penny Shane Richards.

Pinkerton operatives would absolutely have used these techniques. Your challenge is to have them blend in the smaller environments. I'd think they'd need a servant and someone of a higher class so they could blend wherever needed.

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