“Finally, in terms of scene goals, it’s important always to keep in mind the general direction in which you the author want the story to go after this particular scene. If you’re intent on writing a mountain-climbing story, you don’t have Fred go in for the bank loan, telling himself that if he fails to get the loan, he’s going to go get a gun and rob the joint. The result of such an ill-advised plan at the outset of the scene will force Fred to turn bank robber after the disaster ending this scene – and we wanted to write a story about mountain climbing (not bank robbery), remember???”