{"id":2456,"date":"2020-11-14T19:55:18","date_gmt":"2020-11-15T02:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writerschatroom.com\/wp\/?p=2456"},"modified":"2020-11-14T19:55:27","modified_gmt":"2020-11-15T02:55:27","slug":"chapters-and-scenes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/writerschatroom.com\/wp\/chapters-and-scenes\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapters and Scenes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"Writing Chapters and Scenes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Storytelling: Writing Chapters and Scenes<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Chapters, scenes, and sequences are structural units of storytelling. These are the basic blocks of a story that contain all other elements, from characters, plot, and setting to action, dialogue, and description.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/writerschatroom.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/actionvance-t7EL2iG3jMc-unsplash-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Earth from Space\" class=\"wp-image-2459\" srcset=\"http:\/\/writerschatroom.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/actionvance-t7EL2iG3jMc-unsplash-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/writerschatroom.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/actionvance-t7EL2iG3jMc-unsplash-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/writerschatroom.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/actionvance-t7EL2iG3jMc-unsplash-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/writerschatroom.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/actionvance-t7EL2iG3jMc-unsplash-1536x864.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/writerschatroom.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/actionvance-t7EL2iG3jMc-unsplash-1200x675.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/writerschatroom.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/actionvance-t7EL2iG3jMc-unsplash.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">According to the&nbsp;Oxford Dictionary, a scene is \u201ca sequence of continuous action in a play, film, opera, or book.\u201d Each scene usually occurs in a single location: in one scene, the characters are sitting in a bar having a conversation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tardigrades Are the Toughest Animal on Earth that can Survive Space and Volcanoes | The Dodo\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IH3ABle9k7A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">We are halfway through Novel Writing Month. We talked about Character and Setting on Sunday we will talk about Scenes and Chapters. The idea of Scenes and Chapters as parts of each other makes me think about Murder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">All murders are homicides but not all homicides are murder.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Drop by and chat with us about Chapters and Scenes, can you string a bunch of scenes together without wrapping them in chapters?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Can you write a chapter without using a scene?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Who came first, the Chapter or the Scene?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">Sunday, November 14<sup>th<\/sup> at 7PM EST<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwriterschatroom.com%2Fwp%2Fchapters-and-scenes%2F&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; 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