{"id":16265,"date":"2017-02-24T01:00:18","date_gmt":"2017-02-24T09:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?p=16265"},"modified":"2017-02-23T18:18:11","modified_gmt":"2017-02-24T02:18:11","slug":"boost-emotion-scenesequel-structure-kay-keppler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/24\/boost-emotion-scenesequel-structure-kay-keppler\/","title":{"rendered":"Boost Emotion with a Scene\/Sequel Structure by Kay Keppler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1FwDXpW\" rel=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1FwDXpW\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12628 size-medium\" title=\"Loving Lucy by Kay Keppler\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/KayKeppler_LovingLucy_800-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"Loving Lucy by Kay Keppler\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/KayKeppler_LovingLucy_800-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/KayKeppler_LovingLucy_800-687x1024.jpg 687w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/KayKeppler_LovingLucy_800-300x447.jpg 300w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/KayKeppler_LovingLucy_800.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a>Let\u2019s\u00a0welcome\u00a0back monthly columnist, editor, and novelist,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1ICkoOc\">Kay Keppler<\/a>, as she shares with us &#8220;Boost Emotion with a Scene\/Sequel Structure!&#8221;\u00a0<em>Enjoy!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><strong>For readers of genre fiction, emotion is everything. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mystery readers are looking for suspense. Romance readers are looking for love on the page. \u00a0And if you don\u2019t generate those emotions in your readers, you\u2019ve failed as a novelist.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Structure is a Framework<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>One way to build emotion in your work is through story structure. Remember Aristotle and the three-act play?<\/p>\n<p>Other teachers have refined this concept to give you guideposts about where and how to place your story elements for maximum emotional impact.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Scene-Structure-Elements-Fiction-Writing\/dp\/0898799066\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1486948609&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=Jack+M.+Bickham\" target=\"_blank\">Jack Bickham<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Techniques-Selling-Writer-Dwight-Swain\/dp\/0806111917\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1486948663&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=Dwight+Swain\" target=\"_blank\">Dwight Swain<\/a> have described a story\u2019s components as <strong>Scenes and Sequels<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s look at these elements more closely.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Writing Scenes<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In Bickham\u2019s and Swain\u2019s methodology, not all units of storytelling are the same. The Scene component has three distinct parts: the goal, conflict, and disaster.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Scene <strong>g<\/strong><strong>oal<\/strong> is what your POV character wants at the beginning of the Scene. The goal must be specific, something that your character goes after.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>conflict<\/strong> is the obstacle(s) your POV character must overcome to reach her goal.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>d<\/strong><strong>isaster<\/strong> is your character\u2019s failure to reach her goal. If she reaches her goal, the story\u2019s over.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p><em>For example:<\/em> Mary comes home from school and wants a cookie. That\u2019s the <strong>goal<\/strong>. But she can\u2019t reach the cookie jar, which is on the kitchen counter. That\u2019s the <strong>obstacle<\/strong>. She pulls a chair over to the counter, which her mother has forbidden her to do, climbs on the chair, and grabs the cookie jar. But the cookie jar slips out of her hands and crashes to the floor, breaking into pieces and scattering the cookies. That\u2019s the <strong>disaster<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This is a simple example, but you see how it works. The goals, conflicts, and disasters escalate throughout the book until they reach the climax and ending, and the reader has the cathartic conclusion she\u2019s been waiting for. <strong>Everybody\u2019s happy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>But wait. There\u2019s more.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Swain and Bickham say that if you have nothing but Scenes (the action sequences) in your book, your reader will be so exhausted that she might not even finish it. She won\u2019t be able to stay at fever pitch the whole way through. And after a disaster, your character wouldn\u2019t have a new goal immediately. Facing disaster, our Mary needs time to think through her next step. What\u2019s the solution?<\/p>\n<h3><strong>A Sequel.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>A Sequel is a sequence that follows a Scene and gives the reader a chance to recover while giving you an opportunity to build tension.<\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0Sequel\u00a0has three stages: <strong>the reaction, dilemma, and decision.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ctt.ec\/ScUgj\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/clicktotweet.com\/img\/tweet-graphic-3.png\" alt=\"Tweet: For readers of genre fiction, emotion is everything. By @KayKeppler https:\/\/ctt.ec\/ScUgj+\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Click to Tweet:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/ctt.ec\/ScUgj\" target=\"_blank\">For readers of genre fiction, emotion is everything. By @KayKeppler<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(<em>You can edit before publishing.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>Writing Sequels<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The <strong>reaction<\/strong> is the emotional follow-up to a disaster.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Mary broke the cookie jar and spilled the cookies, and she\u2019s scared.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>She did something she wasn\u2019t supposed to, and now she doesn\u2019t know what to do. She\u2019s off-balance and upset, possibly injured.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually Mary starts to think. What now? How can she cover up this mess? She looks for options and doesn\u2019t see any good ones. This is her <strong>dilemma<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>If your disaster was a real disaster, there aren\u2019t any good choices.<strong> The dilemma gives your reader a chance to worry while your character sorts things out.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Then let your character make the best <strong>decision<\/strong> possible, even if it\u2019s risky.<\/p>\n<p>Your reader will turn the page, because that decision puts your character into motion again. Now she has a new <strong>goal\u00a0<\/strong>\u2014 and the Scene\/Sequel sequence repeats.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>So in our scenario, after Mary breaks the cookie jar, she might slip off the chair and return it to the table (her <strong>reaction<\/strong>), debate whether she should tell her mother or try to hide the damage (her <strong>dilemma<\/strong>), and then (her <strong>decision<\/strong>): invent a story about how her little brother did it<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><strong>Lather, Rinse, Repeat<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Creating and building emotion is critical for writing that must fulfill the story expectations of readers. The Scene\/Sequel structure is one way to do that. Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Scene-Structure-Elements-Fiction-Writing\/dp\/0898799066\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1486948609&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=Jack+M.+Bickham\" target=\"_blank\">Bickham\u2019s<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Techniques-Selling-Writer-Dwight-Swain\/dp\/0806111917\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1486948663&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=Dwight+Swain\" target=\"_blank\">Swain\u2019s<\/a> books for more detail and analysis on story structure.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Related:<\/strong> <\/em>Check out Kay Keppler&#8217;s other post on scene and sequel, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/03\/how-to-write-a-scene-using-the-right-scene-glue-transitions-and-sequels\/\" target=\"_blank\">How to Write a Scene: Using the Right Scene Glue: Transitions and Sequels.<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<h2>ABOUT THE AUTHOR<\/h2>\n<p><a title=\"Kay Keppler\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kaykeppler.com\/\">Kay Keppler<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kaykeppler.com\/\" rel=\"http:\/\/www.kaykeppler.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-9691\" title=\"Kay Keppler\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Kay-Keppler_31.jpg\" alt=\"Kay Keppler\" width=\"150\" height=\"216\" \/><\/a>\u00a0is an author\u00a0<em><a title=\"Zero Gravity Outcasts\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1rqW2wW\">Zero Gravity Outcasts<\/a><\/em>, <em><a title=\"Betting on Hope\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1l42nc4\">Betting on Hope<\/a><\/em>,\u00a0<em><a title=\"Gargoyle: Three Enchanting Romance Novellas\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1pEPjjq\">Gargoyle: Three Enchanting Romance Novellas<\/a><\/em>, and editor of fiction and nonfiction \u2013<em><a title=\"Angel\u2019s Kiss\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1nylmgE\">Angel\u2019s Kiss<\/a><\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Outsource It<\/em>!<\/p>\n<p>She lives in northern California. Contact her here at Writer\u2019s Fun Zone in the comments below, or at\u00a0<a title=\"kaykeppler@yahoo.com\" href=\"mailto:kaykeppler@yahoo.com\">kaykeppler@yahoo.com<\/a>\u00a0to ask questions, suggest topics, or if you prefer, complain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For readers of genre fiction, emotion is everything. Mystery readers are looking for suspense. Romance readers are looking for love on the page. 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