scene planning Archive
I have my scene list almost complete after a longer than usual session this morning. Once again, I pushed myself past when I wanted to quit for the first time. Coming up with scene idea after scene idea and trying …
Now that I have a few major plot points, I am trying to fill in the intervening scenes. As I think of each one, I am trying to picture what might happen and make sure that each scene is worth …
I’m still working on my scene list, and developing the characters, scenes, and world together, but it’s a little more challenging than I had anticipated. I have never tried to think of a story out of order before, so starting …
Today, I continued working on my list of scenes, mostly focusing on the conclusion scene and the action around that point. My plan is to set up a few tent pole/turning point scenes throughout the book based on the progress …
This is the part that starts to scare me. Today, I started trying to construct my scene list. Last time, I think this is part of where I went horribly wrong, but putting way too many unnecessary steps in the …
I’m putting aside the question about whether or not non-fiction is giving up, for now. The last thing I need at this point is more self-doubt, right? Besides, as long as I enjoy the writing process (or perhaps, I enjoy …
So far, the scene beats I wrote during yesterday’s outline session have served me well, even though I’m just starting to crack them. I felt the need to start the scene with setting and a description of how time passed …
In the scene that I started today, my hero learns about the threat against her and has to make her first decision about how to respond. But at the same time, each of the main characters are together in this …
I’m trying to adopt the mentality that I am writing for myself in the first draft and to worry less about wording than about getting the story down on the page, but I still find my perfectionist tendencies interfering. I …
Yesterday, I wrote about taking a looser approach to my scene planning, focusing on the purpose of the scene and letting it develop from there. But today, I came across the concept of creating scene beats, and I think that …