How to Write Scenes

SCENES: Writing the Love Scene 1/2

11-19-08

When I first began writing love scenes, I was so terrified that they usually came out like this: He took her hand and led her to the bedroom where they did unmentionable things for hours and ...

SCENES: The Building Blocks of Novels

11-19-08

By Kim Kay "The basic unit of fiction is not the sentence or the paragraph, but the scene." -- Unknown A novel is made up of several mini-stories which, when linked together...

SCENES: Elements of a Scene

11-19-08

By Vicki Hinze The majority of novels have a beginning, middle, and an end. Every scene should, too. Each scene is a capsule that depicts a specific story event. That event relates to the eve...

Scene & Sequel

11-19-08

By Patricia Kay This time we're going to talk about story construction. Many times, writers confuse plotting a story with the construction of a story. The two are not the same. Plottin...

Scene Quotations

11-19-08

"Always dramatize important events." Ayn Rand"A scene is a miniature drama in which a single issue is decided in specific circumstances." Philip Gerard"In any true story, certain things have to be...

Scenes and Half-Scenes

11-19-08

Dramatize! The basic building block of fiction is the scene, often called the dramatized scene, as it dramatizes important events. Along with narrative and exposition, the scene and hal...

SCENES: Writing the Love Scene 2/2

11-19-08

In this article I'm going to talk about WRITING THE LOVE SCENE and/or SEXUAL TENSION IN A ROMANCE. This particular aspect of the book is probably the scariest part of writing a romance for MANY...

SCENES: The Anatomy of a Love Scene

11-19-08

By Patricia Waddell The anatomy of a love scene is more than body parts performing a physical act, it's the emotional and intimate interaction of the hero and h...

Narration vs. Scenes

11-19-08

The title of this tutorial really isn't fair. Scenes are the heart of the story, but narration is also necessary. To have one without the other makes for a very boring read. Used together, the rea...

SCENES: Constructing A Scene

11-19-08

By Crawford Kilian The basic unit of fiction is not the sentence or the paragraph, but the scene. Every scene in a story has both a verbal and a nonverbal content. The verbal content may be a y...

SCENES: Creating Scenes that Sizzle

11-19-08

By Martha Alderson Every story spans a period of time. Story can be defined as conflict shown in scene, meaning that most writers will treat time in scene rather than in summary.An example of a...

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