Lesson 9

[j T]

Jessica Tremblay’s Fascinating Scene Outlines!
What I learned from doing this assignment is…it’s impossible to keep an outline under ten pages once you’ve added interest technique, but it helps keep you focus.
What I did: I labeled all the scenes that had interest technique so I can focus on making these scenes stronger during rewrite. Also it will help that they’re labeled so I don’t accidentally delete these scenes, since they have a purpose.

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[Tasha Espinoza]

Tasha Fascinating Scene Outlines!

What I learned from doing this assignment is how important it is to rethink your approach to a scene via an Interest Technique. Even if you don’t end up using an IT in a scene, it is important in the rewrite process to free yourself from the confines of what already exists to entertain the possibilities of what could exist because that is when stronger writing happens.

General Changes I made:

I ended up starting a lot of scenes with intrigue and leaving scenes on cliffhangers. I also tried to weave in more surprises and twists.

This process went a long way towards helping me elevate scenes that were purely functional. They became way more engaging.