How Scenes Should be Structured in a Story

Troy Lambert — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 21:33:28 GMT

Current Revision posted to Plot Planning by Troy Lambert on 2/16/2023 9:33:28 PM

Scenes are the building blocks of stories. How scenes are structured is very important in keeping the story moving forward and maintaining a reader's interest. Per author and editor Troy Lambert, each scene in a story must have its own narrative arc meaning it must have a beginning, a middle, and an ending. You don't necessarily need to have a resolution at the end of each scene, he says, but you need to have a cliffhanger and smooth transition to the next scene to keep the reader engaged scene to scene. Lambert recommends writers think of each scene as a "mini story within your story".

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