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A Question About Scene's Within Chapters

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meg_evonne:
Agree, but I will disagree with the scene break that Liz talks about. Yes, it sometimes is a couple line spaces or perhaps hash marks or some fancy artwork between. Generally though, as MClark mentions, these are used (0r I do.) for a break in time or location or point of view shift. (Below is a recap of my understanding. It's close to MClark's.)

Those tiny scenes of tension tightening and then released (def of a scene) can occur in slow mo or one per page or maybe two per page. I wish I had a JB hard bound on hand to point you to some pages, but go to a really good fight scene. The over all fight scene might be the entire chapter, but inside that Harry might: fight the zombie mini-scene, then rescue Charity mini scene, then he watches Toot Toot and his crew attacking someone mini scene, and then he arrives at the Winter/Summer Table to confront Mab. 

The fight with Mab will also have several mini scenes (beats)... and this goes on and on until the story conclusion.

(sorry for mixing my books, but you get my drift...)

Every tightening of tension and release will be more tense than the scene prior.

Dresdenus Prime:
Thanks for all the responses. I guess I mostly got confused wondering if the scene breaks were indeed in the books where there were spaces left in between sections of the paragraphs, or if it was literally just from one course of action to another.

So let's just go with the beginning of Storm Front. (click to show/hide)Harry receives call from Monica who wants to meet. Harry receives call from Murphy to look at crime scene. Harry walks there, does his clue finding. Harry leaves, gets picked up by Marcone. Harry returns to his office to meet with Monica.Would that be considered one scene? Or are there little scenes throughout?

Lanodantheon:

--- Quote from: Dresdenus Prime on April 20, 2012, 04:19:07 PM ---Thanks for all the responses. I guess I mostly got confused wondering if the scene breaks were indeed in the books where there were spaces left in between sections of the paragraphs, or if it was literally just from one course of action to another.

So let's just go with the beginning of Storm Front. (click to show/hide)Harry receives call from Monica who wants to meet. Harry receives call from Murphy to look at crime scene. Harry walks there, does his clue finding. Harry leaves, gets picked up by Marcone. Harry returns to his office to meet with Monica.Would that be considered one scene? Or are there little scenes throughout?

--- End quote ---


Actually that much into Storm Front would be quite a few scenes.


Numbered list of scenes:


(click to show/hide)

* Harry talks with the Mailman
* Harry's self-introduction
* Monica's call
* Murphy's call
* Harry's Travel to the scene/leaving the note for Monica
* Harry's meeting with Murph
* Harry going over the Crime scene and talking witht he cops
* Harry getting picked up by Marcone(could also be seen as 2+ scenes depending on how you break down the chapter)
* Harry returns to his office to meet Monica Sells.



Or at least that's how I'd breakdown Storm Front.

meg_evonne:
^^^ yep that would be my interpretation

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