![]() Of course, you need more than that to engage your readers. ![]() Scene is defined as action occurring in a specific place and time.įor example: “One warm Saturday afternoon, I was enjoying my usual stroll through the neighborhood, when my neighbor’s dog suddenly charged at me from the other side of the street, barking and growling.” In this sentence, we have the makings of scene - a time (Saturday afternoon) a place (the neighborhood) and action (the narrator strolling and the neighbor’s dog charging). I think part of the challenge comes from not understanding the fundamental differences between “scene,” “summary,” and “exposition.” So, before I go into how to transform summary and exposition into scene, let’s clearly define each type of prose. Yet, many new writers find scene writing challenging. This is precisely what you need to do, and do well, in order for your story to have an impact. The scenes draw me into the documentary’s story through the re-creation of real life events. On the other hand, a documentary that combines narrative with scenes during which action is played out is engaging. I’ve seen documentaries like that, and I never stay engaged enough to make it through to the end, even when the topic of the documentary interests me. Imagine going to the theater to watch a movie in which a narrator drones on about the story’s events while showing various related but disconnected images. YOU’VE PROBABLY HEARD the mantra, “Show don’t tell,” a million and one times, and though exposition and summary play important roles in memoir and should not be excluded entirely, a book that is all summary and no scene is a yawner at best.
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