tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post1412390339588836669..comments2024-01-12T00:48:48.031-06:00Comments on Go Teen Writers: How to Write a Big Middle SceneStephanie Morrillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-86650824575451710902015-09-15T22:07:28.637-05:002015-09-15T22:07:28.637-05:00Thanks, Barbara!Thanks, Barbara!Stephanie Morrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-48202419785284652322015-09-15T22:07:01.470-05:002015-09-15T22:07:01.470-05:00Love it when it works out like that!Love it when it works out like that!Stephanie Morrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-65845983321090925742015-09-15T22:06:39.422-05:002015-09-15T22:06:39.422-05:00It's definitely my favorite movie :) I'm g...It's definitely my favorite movie :) I'm glad you liked the post! Hope it's helpful.Stephanie Morrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-58779817081150708162015-09-15T22:05:04.468-05:002015-09-15T22:05:04.468-05:00I hope this is helpful when the time comes!I hope this is helpful when the time comes!Stephanie Morrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-38851856459881933232015-09-15T22:04:32.334-05:002015-09-15T22:04:32.334-05:00Wow! Sounds like there's a lot going on!Wow! Sounds like there's a lot going on!Stephanie Morrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-35812008412646795212015-09-15T22:03:57.956-05:002015-09-15T22:03:57.956-05:00I'm glad you found it helpful!I'm glad you found it helpful!Stephanie Morrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-2242228041917175322015-09-15T22:03:37.197-05:002015-09-15T22:03:37.197-05:00Ha! Sounds like it would be good for the story too...Ha! Sounds like it would be good for the story too :)Stephanie Morrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-45513082032680030902015-09-15T22:03:04.126-05:002015-09-15T22:03:04.126-05:00A lot of mine don't either, Sarah. Even some o...A lot of mine don't either, Sarah. Even some of my published books. Or if they do, they weren't intentional!Stephanie Morrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-89737288778594773192015-09-15T17:49:03.569-05:002015-09-15T17:49:03.569-05:00Great tips, Stephanie! I'm re-ordering my sequ...Great tips, Stephanie! I'm re-ordering my sequel right now so I'll have a great scene to lift up that middle. Gonna double check it to make sure I have all these things, too! :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07501218255039255655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-63407937264720601992015-09-15T12:47:47.852-05:002015-09-15T12:47:47.852-05:00This is so, so awesome and timely! Right in the mi...This is so, so awesome and timely! Right in the middle of my draft now and these are all fabulous points to think about. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17102112870911606839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-5165231733016177272015-09-15T09:52:19.751-05:002015-09-15T09:52:19.751-05:00I LOVE THE 2005 PRIDE AND PREJUDICE.
*clears thro...I LOVE THE 2005 PRIDE AND PREJUDICE.<br /><br />*clears throat* Anyway.<br /><br />Great post! I have something of a reveal in the middle of my book as well as an event that takes the MC completely by surprise, but I've been thinking that I should up the action in the middle, so I'll definitely be looking for ways to add some more of these as I go back through. Thanks for the awesome post! :D<br /><br /><br />Alexa<br />thessalexa.blogspot.com<br />verbositybookreviews.wordpress.comAlexa Mintahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13865586987033390255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-65227778069523425642015-09-15T01:13:29.283-05:002015-09-15T01:13:29.283-05:00Oooh . . . interesting. My WIP hasn't exactly ...Oooh . . . interesting. My WIP hasn't exactly got a firm timeline yet, because I'm only a chapter and a half in (it's the first one I've actually tried to finish, so pretty slow going), but I KNOW there are going to be at least two huge scenes. I shall bookmark this for when I get round to them.<br /><br />Thank you very much, Mrs. Morrill. Great post!Lara Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00985684925565679958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-74008976523953519172015-09-14T15:49:06.600-05:002015-09-14T15:49:06.600-05:00Ooh! I'll have to look for this in my current ...Ooh! I'll have to look for this in my current WIP! I know I have several startling things happen in one of my older projects ... As to my current WIP, I have this scene where my character returns to the loose ends of her past, only to get a taste of her own medicine as she is kidnapped by her mentor, who sells out all of her friends to revenge her love interest burning his ex-wife's house down. After escaping, she has to figure out several things and come to terms with what she has done. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-6758008368522931962015-09-14T14:57:08.712-05:002015-09-14T14:57:08.712-05:00Great posts as always, Mrs. Morrill! I've neve...Great posts as always, Mrs. Morrill! I've never really thought about big middle scenes, so this was an interesting thought for me. My WIP has a few heavier scenes, but I never thought about a 'big reveal' or any of these ideas. I'll definitely give it a go :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05179790071237632706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-72110620120257212222015-09-14T14:15:33.877-05:002015-09-14T14:15:33.877-05:00Perhaps if when you hit the middle of your book an...Perhaps if when you hit the middle of your book and you feel that it's terrible, you can make something bad happen to your character and channel all of your emotions into them. What a way to make angst...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08781882439096700951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-68800410343354058972015-09-14T11:04:51.044-05:002015-09-14T11:04:51.044-05:00Ok. Thanks Mrs. Morrill!Ok. Thanks Mrs. Morrill!Lily Spinnernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-59496428638591653792015-09-14T10:58:26.004-05:002015-09-14T10:58:26.004-05:00I'm about to edit my big middle scene for one ...I'm about to edit my big middle scene for one of my WIPs. It definitely has a big revelation (the answer to the question that my MC has been trying to figure out for the last 10K words, give or take), a moment of introspection (my MC deciding what to do with this information), and a resolve to do something (acting on that information). <br />In my other various works . . . some have big middle scenes; some don't. Most don't. Most also probably should. I don't know. Sarah Penningtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06377945004067760298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-62582451799228262842015-09-14T10:17:45.501-05:002015-09-14T10:17:45.501-05:00I'm so glad! Yes, for some writers the big mid...I'm so glad! Yes, for some writers the big middle scene happens naturally. I'm sure it's because a lot of stories have it in there so we absorb the structure naturally.Stephanie Morrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-61055173720524037282015-09-14T10:16:28.119-05:002015-09-14T10:16:28.119-05:00Sounds great!Sounds great!Stephanie Morrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-55565517512146677392015-09-14T10:15:15.263-05:002015-09-14T10:15:15.263-05:00Great question, LIly. I'll do a post on it, bu...Great question, LIly. I'll do a post on it, but briefly I'll say that for a lot of writers - most writers, I would guess - the cool foreshadowing stuff gets put in AFTER the first draft has been written. Not always, but it definitely gets ironed out in the edits. So don't worry too much about it in the first draft.Stephanie Morrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-21484356568066963662015-09-14T10:12:34.447-05:002015-09-14T10:12:34.447-05:00Thanks for asking! We originally intended to go ba...Thanks for asking! We originally intended to go back to 5 days a week in September. But my "maternity leave" from the blog is making that a bit challenging. So for now we're sticking to M/W/F and then guests and special announcements on Tuesdays/Thursdays.Stephanie Morrillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13128389560727867719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-23950981228614081572015-09-14T09:43:04.214-05:002015-09-14T09:43:04.214-05:00Wow, so true. Dropping a heavy scene in the middle...Wow, so true. Dropping a heavy scene in the middle of a story gives your story more depth than waiting until the climax to cram in the big scenes. It also makes for a wilder ride for the reader. I think I've done this in stories without realising it and it's what made those stories really work for me. My wip needs some weightier scenes in the middle, I'm thinking. Thanks; this post is amazingly helpful.A. M. Potterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15833222161947009810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-52441129131242685392015-09-14T08:35:09.658-05:002015-09-14T08:35:09.658-05:00Ah I think I know which scene we're talking ab...Ah I think I know which scene we're talking about now... my edition has over 1000 pages so I didn't find it.YES, Harry Potter rocks!Fraise Fruitrougehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07635206620185269192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-79400715725142097512015-09-14T07:59:46.568-05:002015-09-14T07:59:46.568-05:00My middle scene fits three of these description. I...My middle scene fits three of these description. It's when my MC finds that a person she considered her friend was really the enemy leader in disguise.<br />Thanks for this post, Mrs. Morrill! It was very helpful! <br /><br />~Savannah P. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4024721400572472213.post-58275164117152567152015-09-14T07:42:54.596-05:002015-09-14T07:42:54.596-05:00All the Harry Potter books have great scenes...tha...All the Harry Potter books have great scenes...that one always makes me cry! :( Boo Umbridge!<br />I haven't gotten to my middle scene yet, but I know what it's going to be in my one book, and I think it fits all the criteria, which is cool. I'm not so sure about the rest of my WIPs; but I hope so!<br />BTW, can you do a post on foreshadowing? When I look back on some books I've read, it seems like everything in there--absolutely everything--is foreshadowing of some kind...which it is, because everything in the plot has to lead to the conclusion. I'm getting a little confused over following the plot and letting the readers have a glimpse of what's going to happen.<br />Harry Potter rocks! :)Lily Spinnernoreply@blogger.com