TECH: Crafting Scenes (table of contents!)

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Original Posting 2022/4/28

Whoops. I realized, I should probably go over the table of contents for the book. First off, the book is called Crafting Scenes by Raymond Obstfeld. And…

The first chapter is What a scene is — and isn’t. Then chapter two is about starting a scene, chapter three is about the length of a scene, chapter four is point of view, chapter five is setting, and chapter six is ending the scene. I notice that he sneakily does not have a chapter about the middle of the scene. Huh.

Chapter seven, which I will run through next, is entitled Shape to Fit: Focusing a Scene on Character, Plot, or Theme. 

Then we have several focused chapters, dealing with specific types of scenes. Chapter 8 is the P cubed equation: Making Payoff Scenes Work. Nine is Hello, Stranger: First Meetings. Ten is When characters Collide: Action & Suspense Scenes. Eleven is What’s So Funny? Comic Scenes. 12 is Love &Lust: Romantic and Sex Scenes. and thirteen is The Long Goodbye: Final Scenes.

Then we’ll finish off with chapter 14, From Mess to Masterpiece: Structuring and chapter 15, From First to Final Draft: Revising.

So, while we have talked about beginning a scene and ending one, we still have quite a ways to go! Nine more chapters, all about those scenes you love.

Write?