After reading this guidebook, you'll have a method for ensuring that your story is well-told, well-paced, and highly effective. You'll be guided through the process of reviewing your story, scene-by-scene, until it works.
We won't focus on copy-edi...
Since I base the story editing process on scene-by-scene editing, I thought I'd better define a scene.
A scene is a section of your story made up of a character or characters performing some action. That's it. A chapter may contain one scene or multiple scenes.
When To Start A New Scene
You can start a new scene when you change:
- the POV character,
- the characters in a scene,
- the timing,
- a major plot line,
- or the location of the scene.
Depending on the genre you write in, you may also start a new scene based on word count. I'll get into this later.
Do you have other reasons to start a new scene? Comment below, and let's chat about it.
Scene-By-Scene Editing
A great story is made up of a collection of great scenes that flow smoothly from one to another. I'll show you how to use the Story Elements to create and link great scenes.
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Going through your novel one scene at a time in a consistent manner will empower you to improve each scene. And if you improve each scene and how they flow together, you'll improve the whole story.
