Scenes are the building blocks of story.
Each one is your story in miniature. They follow the same 3 – Act structure as your entire story.
So, in this episode, we’re going to break down a scene into 3 acts: 1. The set up, 2. the confrontation, and 3. the resolution.
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Episode at a glance:
[0:58] Learn the purpose of scene and why it’s an essential unit of your story.
[01:56] Each scene is a story unto itself. Get an overview of the basic story arc of each scene.
[04:58] Just as your story has a first act, so does each pf your scenes. Learn the components of your scene’s Act 1.
[07:06] Get breakdown of a scene’s Act 1, the set up, using a scene from Emily Robateu’s short story, A Portrait of Wildness.
[10:45] Act 2 is where there will be direct confrontation and then a crisis. See, step-by-step, how conflict builds in Act 2, resulting in the scene’s crisis point.
[16:35] Learn how to land your scene in it’s resolution. Here’s where your main character gets what he or she wants out of the scene. Or not.
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