Watch Out: 3 Pitfalls That Will Make Your Scenes Dull

Watch Out For These 3 Pitfalls That Will Make Your Scenes Dull

#1. There’s no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow

Imagine you meet a leprechaun and he tells you that if you follow the rainbow you find a pot of gold.

Well, surprise surprise we all know, there ain’t no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

Our scenes are similar in that we’ve told our reader a silent promise. You will enjoy this scene if you take the time to read it.

If they get to the end and didn’t enjoy it then we are likely to lose their trust and interest.

So what does a pot of gold have to do with our story scenes?

Each scene needs to have a point. Why is my reader reading that specific scene?

If there is no point then the reader will quickly get bored and be done with our story.

#2. Make sure the stakes are high

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There’s nothing duller to a reader than a scene that presents no apparent danger or peril.

And we have to make sure that the characters and objects that are in danger of being lost are just as valuable to our reader as they are to our character.

If our reader doesn’t feel the emotional threat then the scene will fall just shy of interesting.

#3. There is no question to be answered

Sometimes the only thing that keeps the reader reading is curiosity.

If we don’t want them to lose curiosity then we need to give them something to be curious about.

Keep creating questions for them to ask and be curious about, but make sure that you give a satisfying answer to each question you create.

I hope this short post, Watch Out For These 3 Pitfalls That Will Make Your Scenes Dull, helps you think through your scenes.

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Watch Out For These 3 Pitfalls That Will Make Your Scenes Dull

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