You’ve been working on that scene for two days. The build-up, filling in every blank has been tedious. Your characters are so vivid that even you are fooled into believing they live down the street. The setting is as clear as a photograph. Whether it’s a lovers nest, a chase scene, unexpected loss, even death, this segment is pivotal and sells the remainder of your script or novel.
After taking a short break to review, reread, check for missed clues, you’re ready to commit.
The final product is in sight and wham! It’s finished.
Or is it?
Yes, this is a written composition, but it is also ART.
In creating a symphony, the conductor replays the performance in his mind a thousand times. Conducting your manuscript is no less important in your pivotal scenes. In an orchestral/choral concert, there must be a perfect stream of communication between conductor and musicians through bodily actions. Yours is no less important.
Does it make you dance? Does it make you laugh like a child? Do you shed real tears?
Never neglect the emotional value of your scene.
It will be fuel or failure.
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