Every scene in your novel must pertain to your plot. Every single one. Even if a character muses or meanders, that activity must be plot-related. A character under suspicion of murder may drift off into thought, but those thoughts had better be about why he's been wrongfully accused, how he's going to prove his innocence, or who the true murderer is, not random memories of whale-watching or hiking.
Jordan E. Rosenfeld, Make a Scene, 2008
Jordan E. Rosenfeld, Make a Scene, 2008
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