Getting Wild with Scene and Sequels

Words to Write by

After 70 pages of Jack Bickham’s Scene and Structure we feel we’ve got a pretty good handle on how to break our stories down into action-packed, disaster-ending scenes and the more contemplative internal sequels that hold the book together. What we’ve had a harder time with is finding these scene-sequel sequences in the books we own.

So, what gives Bickham?

Apparently, there are multiple variations – in chapter nine, Bickham gives us ten options -- to make one’s scene and sequel not so obvious. In this episode, we’ll go depth on two of these techniques: the scene-within-a-scene and imbedding a flashback within a sequel (which Renee then applies to section in her memoir.)

Remember, we have a Writers Process meetup every Wednesday. Check us out.