Telling Yourself to Show: How to Identify Flat Scenes

By Janice Hardy, @Janice_Hardy 
We don't always choose the right scenes to dramatize in a story.

I wrote a scene for my third novel, Darkfall, where my characters were sitting at a table talking about stuff. Now, from a technical standpoint, there wasn't anything wrong with this scene. My protagonist, Nya, had a goal for what she needed to do at that table, and there were stakes if she failed. 
This led to another scene where Nya was talking to someone else in a different room, gathering more information about things important to the story. It all advanced the plot.
But something felt off.
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