Essential Guide to Writing a Novel Episode 7 - How to craft a scene.
26 snips
Mar 27, 2022 Explore the importance of conflict and physical actions in scene construction for writers. Learn techniques to grab and immerse readers in a scene, and launch them into the next. Discover advice on crafting impactful scenes and avoiding common writing pitfalls.
AI Snips
Chapters
Transcript
Episode notes
Scene Construction
- A scene, the novelist's most important skill, is a unit of story action.
- Scenes are like beads strung together to form a novel, the necklace.
Conflict is Key
- Every scene must contain conflict, the vital ingredient.
- Without conflict, there's no scene, just as there's no novel without conflict.
Externalize Action
- Scenes must be external, depicting actions and events.
- Avoid internal monologues or mere descriptions; show, don't tell.