Link scenes through unfinished business

End a scene with a consequence or pending task. Open the next by showing how it affects a new setting, decision, or character.

Try it

Leave an unanswered call at the end of one scene and let a returned message change the next scene's agenda.

References

• Fiction writing basics · CUNY OpenLab

• Use a recurring image without making it repetitive
• Audit the pace of a long novel