Scene vs Summary Decision Guide
Know when to slow down and when to skip ahead.
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- check_circleApply scene-versus-summary decisions to five moments in a character transformation arc and explain why each key moment receives either deep scene or covering summary
- check_circleApply the decision to five moments in a relationship development from strangers to intimates and develop the craft principle for when the relationship must be shown not summarized
- check_circleApply scene-versus-summary to a grief journey and find the craft principle about which grief moments must be dramatized and which can be covered in time-passing summary
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