https://writing.codidact.com/categories/1/tags/109.rssNew Posts Tagged 'scene' - WritingWriting - Codidact2020-03-03T03:33:10Zhttps://writing.codidact.com/posts/39069Should a scene break always be put in place when there is change in location, times, and dates?N.Houghtonhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/79692019-11-09T16:13:37Z2020-03-03T03:33:10Z<p>I have read many books where the character is in one place at a certain time and, without a scene break being utilised, they are all of a sudden in a different place at a different time, <em>bu...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/38757How much uncertainity will the 'general (Non-YA) fantasy reader' tolerate?Systemhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/-12019-10-08T13:07:36Z2020-02-10T15:02:16Z<p>In my current project my goal is to go for the following narrative style within scenes:</p>
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<li>Show only what the POV-Char can see, hear,... sense.</li>
<li>Show their emotional reaction ...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/35336Which techniques maintain reader interest when the POV is a spectator? (Sports story as sidequest?)Kirkhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/3412019-04-04T20:43:01Z2019-12-14T20:45:27Z<p>In my case, my character is literally a spectator. They're at a sporting event. There will be a <em>major</em> event which ramps up their plotline that occurs at this event, but I'm finding the ...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/37301How to not confuse readers with simultaneous events?Weckar E.https://writing.codidact.com/users/11132019-07-18T09:44:01Z2019-12-13T12:00:48Z<p>In an omniscient third person, I have 8 (practically unrelated) events going simultaneously in different parts of a large mansion. I want to present these events as they happen, but I feel jumpi...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/19773Is it good to repeat the same form of event?Daniel Cannhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/37622017-01-14T08:55:36Z2019-12-13T12:00:42Z<h2>Background</h2>
<p>So, long ago in my writing I wrote a chapter where a book housing a specific missing chapter was found in a treasury. As you can tell, it's super ultra convenient to just ha...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/18734A written action scene, interrupted?Shawn V. Wilsonhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/1012016-10-06T00:10:58Z2019-12-13T12:00:39Z<p>My comic novel has a scene in which the hero is battling a monster. And at a moment of tension, where he's losing badly, there's a scene break in which the narrator goes into a brief digression....https://writing.codidact.com/posts/13721My story passes in choppy blocks - how can I fix it?Thomas Myronhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/80502015-06-29T22:33:48Z2019-12-13T12:00:30Z<p>Similar to <a href="https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/10875/what-can-i-do-to-make-my-writing-less-choppy">this question</a>, I am slowly coming to realize that my writing is getting ch...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/14019Scene order: is this order of scenes confusing?Jessiehttps://writing.codidact.com/users/35152015-07-18T02:08:59Z2019-12-13T12:00:30Z<p>Okay so say is my story scene order is in this order in the book. Future scene (insight) --> past scene (flashback) --> present day. </p>
<p>What do you think? Will this order be confusing for ...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/14525Creating the goal of a scene when the main character is passive?Thomas Myronhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/80502015-09-01T15:28:20Z2019-12-13T12:00:30Z<p>In my current writing, I've been having some trouble with the plot, specifically with going from an outline detailing what I need, to an outline detailing how I get there. I think the problem (o...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/11052How to describe a scene involving a shift in the environment due to forbidden magic?A.C. Thornehttps://writing.codidact.com/users/27952014-08-30T21:15:05Z2019-12-13T12:00:24Z<p><strong>Background/scene for question</strong>:</p>
<p>A character witnesses his wife killed before him. While holding her, he begins screaming her name. With each time he utters her name, the ...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/9303Good idea to describe the heist place before the heist begins?Amin Mohamed Ajanihttps://writing.codidact.com/users/7842013-12-09T09:42:49Z2019-12-13T12:00:20Z<p>I'm working on a heist scene where five thieves are supposed to enter a corporate building and steal a few documents. It's supposed to be a major scene so it won't be short. I need the readers t...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/9352Conversation with Multiple CharactersDan Hanlyhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/4682013-12-17T22:28:12Z2019-12-13T12:00:20Z<p>I'm writing a dialogue heavy scene. The protagonist has met with a group of mercenaries that he spent a great deal of his younger days with. He doesn't come to them for a catch-up however, he ha...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/6040Some doubts on the use of Italicized wordsAmin Mohamed Ajanihttps://writing.codidact.com/users/7842012-06-18T11:43:00Z2019-12-13T12:00:10Z<p>Okay here's the thing. After a tough verbal fight with my friend, I concluded that I will post this question here and get some concrete answers. </p>
<p>According to what I feel, italicized wor...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/4923How to explain a war scene?J A Tagalahttps://writing.codidact.com/users/12872011-12-29T12:01:54Z2019-12-13T12:00:03Z<p>In my novel, I have a part where there is a war scene, and I need to explain it precisely from the king's point of view. How can I explain the war graphics vividly?</p>
https://writing.codidact.com/posts/32184Writing a crying sceneShirayuki hugon https://writing.codidact.com/users/69652018-12-13T15:13:12Z2019-12-13T11:56:48Z<p>Writing a crying scene makes me accidentally do repetitions like "the tears which were on her face broke down into a slithering stream..." and then putting the word tears again and again. </p>
...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/35390How many blank lines before scene headings (and secondary scene headings) using Amazon StorywriterAndy Ahttps://writing.codidact.com/users/73542019-04-06T19:46:17Z2019-12-12T23:01:25Z<p><strong>Question :</strong> How many blank lines should be before scene headings and secondary scene headings in a screenplay? Note that I am using Amazon Storywriter.</p>
<p><strong>Detail :</...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/25371How does a person go about describing a place/experience that they never personally experienced before, like a circus?Aspen the Artist and Authorhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/27142018-01-10T19:06:13Z2019-12-12T23:01:19Z<p>I've never been to a circus, and all the shows and videos I've seen about them don't give off the full effect. </p>
<p>How does a person go about describing a place/experience that they never p...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/38097Don't look at what I did there_X_https://writing.codidact.com/users/80722019-08-28T22:41:26Z2019-12-12T21:57:41Z<p>This question is about hiding from the reader the fact that I am skipping some steps. Worse, perhaps, I don't want to show them, and I may have no clue or intention of figuring out how these ste...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/38085Spicing up a moment of peace_X_https://writing.codidact.com/users/80722019-08-28T08:42:07Z2019-12-12T21:57:41Z<p>In the ever swinging tone of a novel, one may wish to show a moment of peace amidst all the chaos. In my novel it happens a few times, most notably when characters are travelling across vast nat...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/37900My scenes seem too fastGracehttps://writing.codidact.com/users/77742019-08-19T18:04:22Z2019-12-12T21:57:41Z<p>I’m having issues ‘cause while I’m in the process of writing I think my style has enough length to it, but when I go back and read my work it feels extremely fast. A scene I expected to take me ...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/36365I wrote a scene that the majority of my readers loved. How do I get back to that place while writing my new book?Dawn Kellihttps://writing.codidact.com/users/75472019-05-30T23:16:24Z2019-12-12T21:57:38Z<p>I wrote a scene that I put my heart and soul into. It was received well by most of my readers, but I'm struggling with crafting a new scene for a book I'm currently writing. Here's some comments...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/34977Pre-modern battle - command it, or fight in it?Galastelhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/80532019-03-23T12:20:18Z2019-12-12T21:57:38Z<p>If I were to describe Waterloo from Napoleon's point of view, it would be very different from that same battle from the point of view of a soldier, or even a cavalry lieutenant in the front rank...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/33444How to fill novel if you have just some moments prepared?Tuxhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/71512019-02-13T22:41:23Z2019-12-12T21:57:34Z<p>I read some of my old novels and realized that I often filled them with unnecessary info and pseudojokes so I could quickly rejoin my favourite moments in the planned plot. I found those moment...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/28756Sensory Information Overloadrobertcdayhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/982018-06-03T11:45:31Z2019-12-12T21:57:23Z<p>I'm reading <em>The Book of Human Emotions</em> by Tiffany Watt Smith (good stuff if you want to inform the use of emotion in your writing), and I've just come across <em>Overwhelmed (feeling)</...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/28436Scene switching and how to do it?Totumus Maximushttps://writing.codidact.com/users/62362018-05-22T10:54:13Z2019-12-12T21:57:22Z<p>So I am writing a story that is in my head for millions of years already and it is finally progressing. I like how things going for a first draft and I am pretty happy to get things going.</p>
...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/27237How do you assess the value of an individual scene?DPThttps://writing.codidact.com/users/9902018-03-29T19:33:45Z2019-12-12T21:57:20Z<p><strong>Authors need to understand which scenes in their stories to cut in order to help the reader enjoy the story best.</strong> </p>
<p>Knowing what works for the reader and what does not is...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/27666Help with my story - elements of a sceneAlison Smithhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/62102018-04-21T11:26:19Z2019-12-12T21:57:20Z<p>I’m writing a story where a vampire pulls a girl into a room so he can feed off her without anyone knowing.</p>
<p>What are the things I should consider when I describe her being pulled into a ...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/27675How to relate stormy weather to sadness?Jaystarhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/7142018-04-22T05:13:04Z2019-12-12T21:57:20Z<p>Is it possible that stormy weather can be related to sadness? The weather could be related to gloom?</p>
https://writing.codidact.com/posts/39026Examples of dialog beats and bookismArihttps://writing.codidact.com/users/25922019-11-04T15:58:32Z2019-12-12T21:42:33Z<p>I was wondering if there is a list of ideas on how to add beats to dialog. For example:</p>
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<p>"Listen to me!", <code>John said excitedly.</code> "We can sell all these coins now...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/18318Is describing the scenery important in unfamiliar places?Johan Sundmanhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/44592016-08-30T17:51:27Z2019-12-12T17:49:00Z<p>I'm writing a futuristic light novel, in which the world looks really different than the world we're used to and thus I feel like I have to describe every single detail. However I won't really h...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/12427Skipping the action sceneuser8727https://writing.codidact.com/users/9732015-02-25T17:59:52Z2019-12-12T17:48:57Z<p>My novel has a lot of fighting scenes. It's natural since its about a war.
The problem is that people don't read books for fighting scenes.
Numerous fighting scenes is just bad writing. J.R.R. ...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/11237Good idea to write a scene with just pure dialogue exchange?Amin Mohamed Ajanihttps://writing.codidact.com/users/7842014-09-20T21:14:31Z2019-12-08T22:32:03Z<p>I'm sure you don't remember me. Asked quiet a few questions a year ago. Never came back for round 2. Was working on your advices. Writing. </p>
<p>I'm nearing the climax of my novel. There's a ...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/38918How to write intercut scenes in a novel?user1429160https://writing.codidact.com/users/79712019-10-24T09:09:06Z2019-12-08T13:10:38Z<p>I wish to write an intercut scene for a novel, where two very contrasting things are happening at the same time. The technique works really well on the screen, but I think we can use the same te...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/36603Is it advisable to add a location heads-up when a scene changes in a novel?codeNewbiehttps://writing.codidact.com/users/75702019-06-10T11:32:34Z2019-12-08T12:09:40Z<p>In my novel, I have a scene at home which changes to scene at the office which is completely different. I have written it in a way that in a line or two the reader will understand the scene is c...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/35465The concept of description and the structure of Mckee's view of story designM.N.Raiahttps://writing.codidact.com/users/59382019-04-09T10:17:43Z2019-12-08T11:41:09Z<p>Consider the following text:</p>
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<p>Tania is in her living room, in the summer.
She looks to the window and the street in front of her house, then she realized how dry and par...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/35196How to script two scenes happening simultaneously?Karen Kellyhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/73462019-03-30T21:05:59Z2019-12-08T11:34:52Z<p>I am writing a movie where a character has an interview with a news reporter. The scenes segues into a character profile of the interviewee that features a voice over from the interviewer. How w...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/34322How to describe a row of two different types of trees?P. M. B.https://writing.codidact.com/users/72552019-03-08T09:06:56Z2019-12-08T11:13:37Z<p>This may seem like a silly question (it definitely feels like it has one of those answers that I already know, but just can't dig up). And maybe this isn't the right place for it, but I am askin...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/33497Identifying and managing weak scenes during planning_X_https://writing.codidact.com/users/80722019-02-17T14:59:41Z2019-12-08T10:54:35Z<p>I structured my plot, designed the path to the climax, listed my characters and even outlined some scenes. Then halfway through I got stuck: one minor transition scene just did not make sense. T...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/32167A handful of gemsChris Sunamihttps://writing.codidact.com/users/362018-12-13T12:50:35Z2019-12-08T10:20:58Z<p>So I'm facing an issue after many years of writing, and several unsuccessful novels. In my own estimation, all my books contain a "handful of gems" --wonderful scenes that really come to life. ...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/31634Having Trouble Writing An Opening Scene With A Shy CharacterShikinoyumehttps://writing.codidact.com/users/68582018-11-08T18:40:57Z2019-12-08T10:08:48Z<p>I'm having a bit of trouble coming up with the opening scene for a fantasy story I'm writing, about a mousy but passionate girl from a family of entertainers who inherits the entertainer's blood...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/29379Static Scenes that still Move the Story Forwardrobertcdayhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/982018-07-03T12:20:30Z2019-12-08T09:17:49Z<p>I've just read a tutorial about <em>scenic techniques</em> in novel-writing that recommends that a story should have a <em>rhythm</em> of static scenes and dramatic scenes. Here's an excerpt:</p...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/26628What is the spectrum of 'disasters' in 'scene-sequel?"DPThttps://writing.codidact.com/users/9902018-02-28T22:15:05Z2019-12-08T08:11:05Z<p>I'm looking at my project through the lens of the <a href="https://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/articles/writing-the-perfect-scene/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">'scene-sequel'</a> model now. Sce...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/25437Do too many scenes exhaust the reader?DPThttps://writing.codidact.com/users/9902018-01-12T20:28:22Z2019-12-08T07:41:17Z<h2><strong>I'm now analyzing the scenes in my manuscript.</strong></h2>
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<p>I broke my manuscript into scenes using the definition that a new
scene begins when a person, place, or...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/24675How should I write this scene heading? Let me explainMarcus Meierhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/56182017-11-26T03:39:05Z2019-12-08T07:26:07Z<p>In my screenplay, I have a character that’s a 20 year old college student. He lives at home. His name is Brett. </p>
<p>Another character pulls up to Brett’s house. </p>
<p>Should the scene he...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/24034Should my opening include a religious initiation ritual?Seanchaíhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/55302017-10-24T09:08:43Z2019-12-08T07:12:34Z<p>I am about to start my first novel set in a fantasy world I am designing, and am struggling deeply with my first scene. I have read in books on fantasy writing that the opening is the hook. I am...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/21234How do I avoid making scenes feel rushed?K. Baileyhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/50432017-04-22T23:50:29Z2019-12-08T06:22:30Z<p>I've written several scenes and reread them silently. Most times they sound rushed, unnatural and uncomfortable. This especially happens with action or other fast-paced scenes. How do I avoid th...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/18111How to stage a scene conflict that is not about the scene's narrator?Filiphttps://writing.codidact.com/users/28862016-08-14T17:24:24Z2019-12-08T05:29:26Z<p>I'm working on a novel that is told from a single narrator in third person. A number of subplots detail the stories of secondary characters. </p>
<p><strong>My problem</strong>: From <em>their ...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/16213How to write a scene where the villain meets the protagonist?DarkYagamihttps://writing.codidact.com/users/39272016-02-04T21:13:55Z2019-12-08T05:01:08Z<p>The villain was, like the protagonist, a child soldier/mercenary, who served with him. The villain was captured, tortured, and snapped. He feels a burning hatred for the protagonist, believing t...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/15795How to write a death scene without making it overdramatic?DarkYagamihttps://writing.codidact.com/users/39272016-01-05T19:29:41Z2019-12-08T04:55:04Z<p>Okay. In the story there's a flashback where one of the main protagonists loses his best friend in a battle where he was the only survivor. His best friend is a important character and, because ...https://writing.codidact.com/posts/13072What defines a "scene"?Ninjakrebornhttps://writing.codidact.com/users/29762015-05-07T03:08:56Z2019-12-08T04:13:53Z<p>In writing a novel, I've noticed that there are different scenes. It's a compilation of different scenes. What truly signifies the start, and end of a scene. If they are in a room, is that one s...