Since writing in scenes isn’t second nature to me, I often fill in this type information before I start a scene:
- Basics
- Setting:
- Who is present:
- What is happening (actions):
- Emotion
- Emotional Pulse running through the scene:
- Emotion at Beginning:
- Emotion at End:
- Plot
- Plot Goal:
- Plot Complication:
- Plot Complication:
- Plot Complication:
- Disaster at end of scene:
- What gets reviewed in between scenes (What Swain & Bickham call the sequel part).
- Goal of next scene:
Often, I get only halfway through this before I abandon it and start writing. That’s fine. It’s just to get the scene firmly in my mind, not necessarily fill out the entire form.