Every scene block has to ask a question

Photo: Blockitecture by Areaware

Scenes are the main elements of your novel (I teach scene blocking on Patreon). A novel is nothing but a scene after a scene after a scene.

And every scene is comprised of blocks, so when you plan a scene, think of it as the series of blocks: one block is leading to another, then to another, then to another.

Each block has to ask a question, then answer it, and that answer has to lead to the next question, and the next, and the next. In other words, each scen...