Writing with Friends

How should I structure a scene?


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Welcome to a tool deep dive episode, where we highlight the features and the challenges of a tool we think you’ll find helpful as a writer. And the tool we’ll be talking about today is scene cards. Do you ever sit down to write a scene and feel a bit at a loss of how to structure a scene? What should a scene actually include? What makes a scene work or not work? Scene cards can help!

Picks of the Week:

H: Crying in Hmart by Michelle Zauner

BJ: Love in Color: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold by Bolu Babalola

Mentioned in the Episode:

Story Genius by Lisa Cron (Lisa Cron is the creator of this tool!)

Blog post on Scene Cards from Life Gone Write by Jessica Grace Kelley

If you try out scene cards, let us know how you liked this tool by writing to us at [email protected].

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Writing with FriendsBy Hillary Barnes Martinez and BJ Williams