Logic in Physics in Writing an Action Scene

Good morning fellow writers and aspiring ones.  Hope you have a great start to your day.  I have a very bad cold, but my mind is still on the story in my congested state.


I do have an inquiry and appreciate your input.  If you are a horse rider, this maybe your expertise.  
In my story I have a rider that gets jumped on by an assailant.   There are several options to this scene.  Do you recall Indiana Jones jumping on a guy on a horse?  That horse curled in and fell, but got back up again.  It's almost like that.

If my character in my story is an experienced rider, gets jumped and the horse maintains its balance, then all the better in this scenario.   IF the man jumping on my character is meant to kill the character, jumps on the man on the horse, what is the best way to outmaneuver this to survive?


Again I appreciate all your input.  Action scenes are tough when logic, strength and physics of an attack is the focus of the story.   Harrison Ford is a good horseman by the way.


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Writing Concepts

Good morning, fellow writers. A little extra coffee this morning as we get ready for colder weather coming in the next couple days.   What project are you working on now?  The same one or a new one?  I am working on figuring out the best way to separate the parts in my book 2.
My book has four parts to it.  There is part 1, part 2, part 3, and part 4.   My current character in part 2 changes scenes and also with a new situation.  It would seem logical for these sections to be too long or too short, nor stall the story.  

Editing is ongoing and I am hopeful to be halfway this week, but it seems like two scenes need extra attention.  I want it to be right.  Many times the scenes will keep going when I'm ready to sleep, but my brain is not. What a dilemma when the idea of sleep is to be a functional parent the next day as one of the kids got over a stomach bug.  Life happens where priorities come up.

One other concept is have two clear sheets separating the parts or scenes that seem optional, like giving the eyes and mind a complete break before the next scene.








 

Character Development

Good evening fellow writers.  It's been a long couple weeks and it seems like catching up is a continuous task with the house and other priorities.   Hope your projects are going well.  During my editing I came to a character that is a villain.  Even if the main hero characters are created, the villian also needs to have his well roundness.  I have a character sketch and make him stand out more than a cardboard figure in writing.
In your writing how did you strengthen your villain that moved the story along with the plot? What methods did you use?
If you are a reader, what did the writer do well to express the character of the villain?   Thank you!