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If plot is the backbone of fiction, that which gives fiction its structure and movement, then scenes are plot’s vertebrae. A concatenation of causally related scenes add up to a plot. But beyond their technical function, scenes are what we’re … Continue reading →

A young woman runs into an old friend in a grocery store—at least she thinks he’s an old friend. In fact the man Eleanor mistakes for “Lyle” is fresh out of prison, sent there for what crime we don’t know. … Continue reading →

In Latin there’s a phrase for it: in media res. It means “in the middle of things,” and it’s where many authors like to begin their books. By starting “in the middle of things,” authors avoid the long and potentially … Continue reading →