Scene

• →Arrive late, after the ordinary setup has already begun.
• →Keep the scene focused on one active pressure.
• →Leave once something changes; you do not have to explain the aftermath.

Practicing conflict, writing a moment inside a larger story, or giving a character one difficult choice.

• ✦Put two people in a room with one object neither of them will mention.
• ✦Make the character ask for one thing and need another.
• ✦End on a decision rather than an explanation.

The letter is on the table when she comes in. He has not opened it, but he has moved it three times.

• One place, one stretch of time, one thing that changes.
• Start as late into it as you can and leave before the end.
• Somebody wants something, and something is in the way.