Day 10: How to Make a Scene List (90-Day Novel Challenge)
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Ай бұрынSo you have a Novel Matrix plan, now what?
Your next step in the 90-Day Novel Challenge is to take your Novel Matrix plan and use it to develop a scene list. Using the Novel Matrix Scene Plan, develop individual scenes that support all five conflicts and seven characters, and develop the universe of the story.
Download a blank Scene Plan at NovelMatrix.com/ScenePlan
If you haven't finished your Novel Matrix plan yet, that's OK. You still have time to work on it. You may even find that beginning to think about specific scenes helps you to fill in the remaining holes on your plan.
Download complete Novel Matrix worksheets at NovelMatrix.com/worksheets
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ASSIGNMENT: Begin to develop a scene list from your Novel Matrix plan.
If you're Novel Matrix plan isn't complete yet, continue to develop it. We'll continue to develop both the Novel Matrix plan and the scene list through Day 14. Keep moving, but you have time.
FOR FURTHER STUDY: Continue to build your knowledge of story structure with The Novel Matrix book at NovelMatrix.com, or the Novel Matrix classes at Writers.Company.
@GibberishJeff 20 күн бұрын
Hey Brad Firstly, I just wanted to say that this series of videos are amazing. So thank you for posting this. Question about the scene list, I've heard many people say that ACT 2 is twice as long as ACTS 1 and 3 so should we aim to make them all roughly the same length or is ACT 2 longer? Thanks again for all your time and effort on this
@bradpauquette 18 күн бұрын
Such a good question! And one I get commonly. Your three acts should be roughly equal in length. In fact, the most common deviation we see is for the first act to be slightly longer, especially in speculative genres like sci-fi and fantasy where there's a lot of world-building to do. Some models teach the plot structure in four equal parts, but the data doesn't really support that. After mathematically timing tons of books and movies, equal thirds is the way to go!
@katherinec2759 26 күн бұрын
GOt behind thanks to a family reunion, so I'm still trying to finish my scene plan, but a question that has come up: does it count as a "character developed" if what you do to the character is kill them off?
@bradpauquette 26 күн бұрын
Definitely. As long as they’ve fulfilled their function.
@katherinec2759 Ай бұрын
Is there a valid reason to remove a character for a large chunk of the book? For example "George has been kidnapped, but if we're going to rescue him, we have to focus on these other issues first, so we really don't really have many spare resources, or even mental bandwidth, to think about him right now"?
@bradpauquette Ай бұрын
Absolutely. If there's a good plot reason the character isn't in the story for a section, that's fine (kidnapping, coma, business trip). What we want to pay attention to, though, is if we just forgot to include them for a while. Great question!