Life, Interrupted

Pat Wrede always has something interesting to say about writing. A recent post was on this topic:

"The advice was this: There are three main things that any scene in a book or short story can do. 1) It can advance the plot. 2) It can explain the background or backstory. 3) It can deepen the characterization. If a scene does none of these things, it isn’t actually a scene and doesn’t belong in the book (or perhaps doesn’t belong in this book). "

Pat's comments on writing are always insightful. She can put what we do in fiction into nonfiction, and does a great job of explaining it to others.

Check it out --

http://pcwrede.com/blog/the-big-three/