A treasure-trove of scene-writing wisdom from award-winning author and teacher Sandra Scofield
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Dec 29, 2009
Hannah
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I read Sandra’s book (she teaches at The Solstice Program at Pine Manor where I am currently a student) out of curiosity but found her ideas helpful. It was more of a workbook, which wasn’t what I was looking for. I think this is a nice craft book to have on hand when trying to fine tune your stories and make sure you have all the elements of scene. What I really liked was Sandra’s little bits about her own writing life and how she created her own self-study of books. The other nice part about
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May 05, 2011
Mark
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The Scene Book
by Sandra Scofield
If you want to be a writer, you need to master the art of writing the scene. Scenes form the basic building blocks of any story and this book explores them in great detail.
Writers need to think in scenes. There is a difference between narrative summary and a scene.
Narrative summary is a way to quickly cover a lot of ground in a story, without getting bogged down in the details. Narrative summary is a great technique to use between sce More...
by Sandra Scofield
If you want to be a writer, you need to master the art of writing the scene. Scenes form the basic building blocks of any story and this book explores them in great detail.
Writers need to think in scenes. There is a difference between narrative summary and a scene.
Narrative summary is a way to quickly cover a lot of ground in a story, without getting bogged down in the details. Narrative summary is a great technique to use between sce More...
Oct 29, 2008
Ann
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This was my craft book pick for my second term at the Seton Hill Writing Popular Fiction master's program.
One of the things I often struggle with in my fiction, especially in long fiction, is the meandering scene. Sometimes things just draaaag in my writing. I've come to realize that part of that is sometimes a lack of focus in my scenes. They're just *there*.
I'm somewhat of an organic writer. I don't tend to plot much and while I do have an idea of where things are goin More...
One of the things I often struggle with in my fiction, especially in long fiction, is the meandering scene. Sometimes things just draaaag in my writing. I've come to realize that part of that is sometimes a lack of focus in my scenes. They're just *there*.
I'm somewhat of an organic writer. I don't tend to plot much and while I do have an idea of where things are goin More...
Mar 21, 2009
CX
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great for teachers, writers & readers of all kinds...exercises, reading list
Nov 21, 2008
Kari
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A great book to delve into the way scenes work. I wish I'd read this a lot earlier.
Jan 05, 2011
Rose
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This book was practical and helpful, and I found myself taking notes and jumping into a working on a scene after having read a chapter or an exercise. I didn't think all of the exercises were right on, and some of the example passages got long and wieldy, but overall would say it was a good intro.
Jul 01, 2007
Joy
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this book focuses on writing effective scenes by breaking a scene down into its components (action, character response(s), ending). there are examples from other authors (both well-known and obscure) and exercises at the end of each chapter. my only complaint is that the longest examples come from her own work.
Sep 06, 2008
Michael
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Although there is some very helpful information here in a structural, editorial way, the fact that she doesn't ever stop mentioning her own work, or quoting from it, or using it as a good example, made me never want to read her again.
Nov 13, 2011
Meg
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A must-read for writers, but I wished she'd used more genre fiction examples than literary fiction. Still, it was worth reading and was pretty meaty. Not as "beginner" as you'd think.
Feb 21, 2008
Don
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Ever get that writing book that you wish you would've had before you started the project you're currently working on? This is that book.
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