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When I write I usually only want to tell the reader the important stuff, but that tends to be a small scene every couple of hours. Too much of the time, the scene is only a page or so. That leads t...
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#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T07:15:54Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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Mackenzie McClane
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2019-12-08T07:15:54Z (almost 5 years ago)
When I write I usually only want to tell the reader the important stuff, but that tends to be a small scene every couple of hours. Too much of the time, the scene is only a page or so. That leads to the story feeling jarring or disjointed, having to cut to a different location/conversation each time. What are some ways I can improve my scenes or my transitions between scenes (maybe not cutting between the scenes at all) so that I don't accidentally fall into a trap of padding all of my scenes with filler? - As a side note, my favourite things to write are fight scenes; conversation and character development is important to me but my characters don't usually interact frequently and they don't talk for extended periods of time. This leads to the fight scenes feeling packed, lengthy, and full of character development but everything else feels forced. Is this related to my short scene issue? With better transitions between scenes will that be better? I will search more/ask a new question if it's unrelated.
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2017-11-01T07:49:03Z (about 7 years ago)
Original score: 3