Scenes & Sequels

[Talysia]

I'm not sure about specific formulae for writing fantasy, as I don't tend to use them, but I'm sure that someone here will know if there are any specifics.

[magician2magici]

well,

do anybody discuss this way more detailed way ?
for example what is the precautions in writing by this manner ? what are things we must pay attention to it ?
i see this way is good , but what if the reader realized that i write by this way ? i guess he will expect me to fall in events series he already had in imind , so what is the opinion here ?

salam>>
el-shaer..

[Anne Lyle]

I tried using the "scene and sequel" structure to outline my NaNo-novel, but I found it doesn't really fit well with the way I work, at least not at the first draft stage. I prefer to plan "scenes" in the scriptwriting sense (i.e. a series of events that happen in the same place and timeframe), and as one of the earlier posters mentioned, some of those scenes can include more than one plotline - in fact it would make the book rather simplistic if each scene stood alone.

I think it may come in more useful in revisions, though...

If you want to learn more about the method, see Jack Bickham's book "Scene and Structure" in the "Elements of Fiction Writing" series. I think it's out of print - at least, Amazon UK only sell it through Marketplace (mainly from the US) at the moment.