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Short Story Organization
Conflict And Encounters: Scenes
Scenes
• Sequence of dramatic linking units• Transform story and characterization into
dramatic and purposeful forward action• Good scene planning leads to good continuity,
forward movement, suspenseful action, and emotional conflict
Successful Scene Formula
• Writer should follow this sequence in constructing a scene:– Purpose– When– Where– Who– What happens
Elements Of A Good Scene
• Every scene contains certain basic elements.• How you combine these basic elements
produces the formula.• A scene formula helps you organize and
integrate the action with the characters.
Purpose
• Should advance the story action by helping or hindering the Viewpoint in the solution of the problem
Purpose
• Opening scene confronts the Viewpoint with a problem and forces the Viewpoint to make a decision to take action
Purpose
• Complication scenes develop the conflict between the Viewpoint and the supporting characters, ending in a balance
Purpose
• Crisis scene upsets the balance and pushes the Viewpoint to a moment of revelation
Purpose
• Climax scene establishes the Viewpoint's character change
Purpose
• If you know exactly why you need each scene you will be sure of getting unity and forward movement
Time (When)
• Each scene moves the Viewpoint nearer to the end of the immediacy and the solution of the problem
Time (When)
• First scene opens on the day of the problem in the Viewpoint's life
Time (When)
• Establish exact time of day and the length of time the Viewpoint has to solve the problem– Story matter will dictate the pacing of the
complications
Time (When)
• Crisis scene takes place immediate before the end of the immediacy and occurs directly after the moment of revelation
Time (When)
• RULE: First line of each scene notifies reader how much time has elapsed.
Place (Where)
• Restrict the settings to a few places
Place (Where)
• Don't exhaust the reader with a lot of city hopping
Place (Where)
• Show the setting in the problem situation between Viewpoint action and reaction
Place (Where)
• Do not stop the action with long setting descriptions
Place (Where)
• Complication scenes can move to a different area of the basic setting
Place (Where)
• Crisis scene should return to the opening setting or near
Place (Where)
• Climax continues in the crisis setting
Place (Where)
• Setting should stimulate the inner and outer emotional conflict of the Viewpoint
Place (Where)
• Familiar settings
Next week
• Characters (Who)• Action & Decision (What happens)