Understanding the development of scenes is crucial for creating a captivating and well-structured story. A well-written scene can keep readers engaged, advance your plot, and provide significant character development. Susanne Lakin’s scene structure is an excellent tool for creating adaptable
As humans, we all have degrees of needs. Some are essential to survival, for example physiological needs such as shelter and food. Others are more social, emotional, spiritural or psychological. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs is a framework that will help
The key to writing a compelling novel is creating characters and a sequence of events that readers care about. It may sound daunting to put so much intent and strategy into every page of your story, but proper scene planning
A scene is your novel in miniature. Your novel needs a trigger event or inciting incident, pinch points, and a climax, and so do your scenes. You may already be familiar with the W Plot Method for planning entire books.
Scenes fall into two main categories: proactive and reactive. Both are essential for a believable and vivid sense of cause and effect. Let’s see how Plottr’s Reactive Scene template can help you to lay the groundwork for a solid story.
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