{"id":2908,"date":"2015-04-03T03:31:50","date_gmt":"2015-04-03T03:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/Jack-M-Bickham-Scene-and-Structure-Chapter-10-Problems-and-how-to-fix-them"},"modified":"2015-04-03T03:31:50","modified_gmt":"2015-04-03T03:31:50","slug":"jack-m-bickham-scene-and-structure-chapter-10-problems-and-how-to-fix-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csidemedia.com\/mikerm\/2015\/04\/03\/jack-m-bickham-scene-and-structure-chapter-10-problems-and-how-to-fix-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack M. Bickham, Scene &amp; Structure, Chapter 10: Problems and how to fix them"},"content":{"rendered":"        \n<p>Jack M. Bickham, <em>Scene &amp; Structure<\/em>, Chapter 10: Problems and how to fix them<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Too many people in a scene. A scene normally needs two people, one  to want something and the other to stop them getting it. If you have more than two, find a way to shut the others up for a while or send them away, and the scene will be more intense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. Circularity of argument. Plan the strategies of both parties ahead of time. Keep the protagonist focussed on (and restating) the scene goal, and they can argue about other, related issues without getting off track (problem 4) or forgetting the goal and not answering the scene question (problem 7).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. Unwanted interruptions. Only allow interruptions with a purpose, not for &#8220;realism&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5. Inadvertent summary. Show, don&#8217;t tell. If part of the scene is boring, start later. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6. Loss of viewpoint. Don&#8217;t head-hop, and make sure your viewpoint character experiences something every so often and internalises about stimuli.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>8. &amp; 9. Unmotivated opposition and illogical disagreement. The antagonist should want something too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>10. Unfair odds. Don&#8217;t make the antagonist so powerful that the protag has no reasonable chance of winning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>11. Overblown internalisations (a risk of romance fiction). Keep things happening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>12. Not enough at stake. Make sure scene goals are important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>13. Inadvertent red herrings. Don&#8217;t mention something and then fail to develop it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>14. Contrived disasters. The disaster should be unanticipated, but flow logically out of the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>#sceneandstructure<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n\n      ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>        Jack M. Bickham, Scene &amp; Structure, Chapter 10: Problems and how to fix them<br \/>\n       <a href=\"http:\/\/csidemedia.com\/mikerm\/2015\/04\/03\/jack-m-bickham-scene-and-structure-chapter-10-problems-and-how-to-fix-them\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[68],"tags":[94,90],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csidemedia.com\/mikerm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2908"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csidemedia.com\/mikerm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csidemedia.com\/mikerm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csidemedia.com\/mikerm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/77"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csidemedia.com\/mikerm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/csidemedia.com\/mikerm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2908\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csidemedia.com\/mikerm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csidemedia.com\/mikerm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csidemedia.com\/mikerm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}