30 Days to Stronger Scenes Series: TOC

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1. Starting Over « Writing on the sidewalk says:

   December 2, 2010 at 8:26 am

   [...] Check out Darcy Pattison’s month of tips on writing scenes – a real wealth of information here. She’s cataloged them all – amazing! [...]
2. Best Length for a Scene? says:

   March 7, 2011 at 9:21 am

   [...] 30 Days to a Stronger Scene Table of Contents [...]
3. 10 Checkpoints for your Scene says:

   March 7, 2011 at 9:26 am

   [...] 30 Days to a Stronger Scene Table of Contents [...]
4. Scenes of Pure Dialogue? No. Here's Why. says:

   March 7, 2011 at 9:28 am

   [...] 30 Days to a Stronger Scene Table of Contents [...]
5. Final Scenes: How to End a Novel says:

   March 7, 2011 at 9:30 am

   [...] 30 Days to a Stronger Scene Table of Contents [...]
6. Keep Your Story Focused: 4 Tips says:

   March 7, 2011 at 9:30 am

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7. Climax Scenes: Write BIG for BIG Impact says:

   March 7, 2011 at 9:31 am

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8. Flashbacks Deepen Emotion says:

   March 7, 2011 at 9:32 am

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9. SCENE 19: Special Scenes: Openings says:

   March 7, 2011 at 9:32 am

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10. KaBlam! Dynamite Scenes: 5 Tips says:

    March 7, 2011 at 9:33 am

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11. How to Salvage a Scene says:

    March 7, 2011 at 9:33 am

    [...] 30 Days to a Stronger Scene Table of Contents [...]
12. Cut Dead Weight: Omit That Scene says:

    March 7, 2011 at 9:34 am

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13. Avoid These Plot Mistakes: Use Scenes says:

    March 7, 2011 at 9:34 am

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14. Zoom: Scene selection says:

    March 7, 2011 at 9:36 am

    [...] 30 Days to a Stronger Scene Table of Contents Once you have a scene list, you need to decide which scenes to actually write. I’ve found it helpful to think about scenes as Zooms, or places where I want the reader to stop and spend some time noticing details. [...]
15. Possible Scenes says:

    March 7, 2011 at 9:36 am

    [...] 30 Days to a Stronger Scene Table of Contents [...]
16. Choose Drama: Choose Scenes that Deliver says:

    March 7, 2011 at 9:37 am

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17. Keeping Scenes on Track says:

    March 7, 2011 at 9:38 am

    [...] 30 Days to a Stronger Scene Table of Contents Before we go much farther in writing and plotting with scenes, I want to give you an example of keeping things on track in a scene. Here are 5 things to monitor as you write your scene. [...]
18. Narrative v. Scenes: When to Use Which says:

    March 7, 2011 at 9:39 am

    [...] 30 Days to a Stronger Scene Table of Contents This is the great Show-Don’t-Tell debate. When should you take the time in a story to present a fully developed scene? [...]
19. Scene Elements: Goal, Action, Pivot Point says:

    March 7, 2011 at 9:40 am

    [...] 30 Days to a Stronger Scene Table of Contents SCENE 1, introduced the idea of scenes and its basic elements. Here, we want to break it down even more into elements that you can use. [...]
20. Planning a Solid Scene: Basic Checklist says:

    March 7, 2011 at 9:42 am

    [...] 30 Days to a Stronger Scene Table of Contents Here’s a basic template for planning a scene. Later, when you get ready to write the scene, you might want to list individual actions in what’s called a “beat sheet.” But when you’re just planning scenes, you want these basics. [...]
21. Planning a NaNoWriMo Novel says:

    October 24, 2011 at 7:05 am

    [...] 30 Days to Stronger Scenes [...]
22. Your Story's Time Line: Cut It Up — Fiction Notes says:

    March 13, 2012 at 9:33 am

    [...] against prologues whose only purpose is to give back story. Instead, he prefers that a story start in present time with an immediate scene. And in general, I agree, while still reserving the idea that sometimes a dramatic prologue does [...]
23. Searching for a Scene — Fiction Notes says:

    March 19, 2012 at 9:47 am

    [...] Write a scene. When I finally get enough exploration done, I’ll go back and structure a real scene, concentrating then on dramatic structure and keeping the reader intrigued. [...]

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