Turn These 8 Types of BORING Scenes into Your Readers' FAVORITES
BOOKFOX LAB. Get a mentor and join a community of writers: https://thejohnfox.com/bookfox-lab/ You know when you've written a boring scene, don't you? It's boring even you, the author. In this video I talk about what to do with those boring scenes (and no, the answer is not always to delete them). My dialogue course I mentioned in my video: https://thejohnfox.com/writing-course... COURSES: Use my 10 courses in Bookfox Academy, with 230+ videos, to write your novel: https://thejohnfox.com/writing-courses/ EMAILS: Get emails about writing from me: https://thejohnfox.com/subscribe/ MY BOOK: Buy my book, "The Linchpin Writer": https://amzn.to/3U5ul14 Timeline: 0:00 Intro 0:31 Getting Characters from One Place to Another 2:11 Describing a Place (Scene-Setting) 3:49 The Everyday 5:12 Predictable Conversation 7:14 Detailed Explanations of Technique Systems 9:43 Extended Backstory Dumps 11:11 No Action Dialogue 12:30 A Long Process
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