{"id":198,"date":"2011-09-15T08:09:25","date_gmt":"2011-09-15T12:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kathleenferrari.com\/?p=198"},"modified":"2011-09-15T09:36:25","modified_gmt":"2011-09-15T13:36:25","slug":"a-writer-at-the-fights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kathleenferrari.com\/?p=198","title":{"rendered":"A Writer at the Fights"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cEverybody walks past a thousand story ideas every day. The good writers are the ones who see five or six of them. Most people don’t see any.\u201d \u00a0\u2500 <\/em>Orson Scott Card<\/p>\n

Last Saturday night I went to the fights. I surprised even myself by going. It happened like this. My niece, Brigid, is engaged to the fighter Todd Wilson.<\/a> Todd was fighting his eleventh fight (undefeated) and my husband and I were invited. \u00a0My initial reaction was to stay behind with the women and let the men go to the fight. My inner writer kicked me and said, \u201cWhoa. When do you think you will ever get the chance to go to a fight in the ring again, huh?\u201d So much to the amazement of many people who know me, I went along.<\/p>\n

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The Writer meets The Fighter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Our seats were high up and far enough way to be ideal for me. I had a panoramic view of the venue and was not spit or bled upon. I also didn\u2019t hear any grunts of pain. There were several fights in addition to Todd\u2019s. The one that surprised me the most was between two young women. And those girls punched.<\/p>\n

Here are some interesting things that this writer saw:<\/p>\n