Help!
I need some advice, or rather, some help. :)
How do you guys start a scene, or end one? I find myself starting scenes with dialogue, trying to 'show' instead of 'tell' what's going on around my main characters. It gets a bit tedious when I realize that I start nearly all my scenes that way. Starting it with monologue only leaves me infodumping though. :(
And I can't seem to end a scene without it being very boring either. For example, my main character finds out that she's being stalked by this guy. He leaves her scared, and shocked, and I can't seem to find a way to end it without her bumping into another friend of hers, and then they go off together. I hate that. But I can't seem to find another way to end it.
So, well, it'd be great if you could tell me how you guys like to start and end a scene. I've been trying to read certain books as well, but I still seem to be stuck. (Just for your information, my story genre is actually fantasy.)
Yeap. Some advice please. :D
How do you guys start a scene, or end one? I find myself starting scenes with dialogue, trying to 'show' instead of 'tell' what's going on around my main characters. It gets a bit tedious when I realize that I start nearly all my scenes that way. Starting it with monologue only leaves me infodumping though. :(
And I can't seem to end a scene without it being very boring either. For example, my main character finds out that she's being stalked by this guy. He leaves her scared, and shocked, and I can't seem to find a way to end it without her bumping into another friend of hers, and then they go off together. I hate that. But I can't seem to find another way to end it.
So, well, it'd be great if you could tell me how you guys like to start and end a scene. I've been trying to read certain books as well, but I still seem to be stuck. (Just for your information, my story genre is actually fantasy.)
Yeap. Some advice please. :D