This is K.M. Wyland and you are listening to the 527th episode of the Helping Writers Become Authors Podcast. I hope you enjoyed this week's episode, Five Questions About Scene Sequences. In many ways, story structure is a about scene sequences.

In many ways, story structure is a fractal pattern.

The same patterns we find on the macro level of the entire story arc also repeat themselves within an ever tightening spiral from scene structure all the way

down to sentence structure.

And somewhere in between story and scene, we find scene sequences. Within the story's larger narrative,

scene sequences bring a series of individual scenes together into a distinct

narrative section, which is united by focus, location, and or theme.

Most writers instinctively and effortlessly employ the sequence as a way to execute character goals that require more than a simple

one-shot solution.

The result is both the

both opportunities and the opportunity for big set-piece scenes,

and or complex thematic discussions

and character revolution.

Not too long ago, word player Eric Troyer emailed me

about scene sequences.

He said, I just finished Sid Fields book screenplay.

He wrote about something I haven't seen before

in quite the same way.

Sequences. I don't believe you've explored this before. If not, it's something that might

interest you. And if so, I would love to read about it in your blog sometime.

And this made me realize the only material I've... to read about it in your blog sometime.

And this made me realize the only material

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