CRWR 209 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Melodrama, Undressed
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A scene is a dramatization of essential conflict (opposing objectives) that advances the story forward. Protagonist and antagonist wanting different things coming to a conflict in within. >six points that form a key proposition about scenes are: your characters must want something. 6. a good story is about disturbance to characters internal and external lives in seeking their goal/want. 7. includes dialogue with subtext: comes alive with concrete sensory detail, shows a change in emotion for each character. Shows an emotional change in the characters. Characters never talk or talk in indirect dialogue. Too much telling instead of showing summarizing. Summary and scene are methods of treating time in fiction. A summary covers a relatively long periodof time in a relatively short compass; a scene deals at length with a relatively short period of time. Bob and alice get undressed and chat about their day as they ready to go to bed.
