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#63: Don't Start a Scene Without These 3 Things

Fiction Writing Made Easy

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Three Contextual Elements in a Scene

There are three things you want to establish at the start of each scene. The central conflict comes in, which may give rise to a new goal or an adjusted goal. And then your protagonist will face a tough decision that moves the story forward. Savannahgilbo: "If you can write a scene that works with a nice arc of change, then you canwrite a story"

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