Scene and Sequel

I was talking with Nate the other day and he expressed some trepidation about writing a "scene." I thought it might be helpful to provide some sense of what a scene actually is.

I found this, which is as succinct an explication of scene and sequel as I've ever read, even if the rest of this person's blog is, well, interesting in a different sense.

I hope this helps. Looking forward to reading everyone's take on this exercise.

Writing Exercise #2: Story Form, Plot, and Structure

Revised due date: Monday, 12/18/2006, 11:00 p.m.

Here's an exercise from Janet Burroway's book Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft (Go), which was our textbook for the first writing class I took at UW:

Write a scene in which a character is in a restaurant and, in going from the table to the restroom, passes his or her old love on a date with a new love.