Stuck on a Scene? Try Scriptwriting!

Scout Clithero
Scout Writes
Published in
4 min readFeb 22, 2023

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The technique I use to write first drafts of novels and short stories without sweating the details.

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As writers, it’s easy to forget that we wear a lot of hats. Whereas a film would have directors and scriptwriters and set dressers and photographers, your novels and short stories likely just have… you. And when you sit down to write a scene, you have to think of everything.

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