Offers advice to writers on constructing fiction that flows from one scene to the next with logic, discussing how to revise scenes for maximum effect and how to fix common errors.

Includes index.

The structure of modern fiction -- Strategy: How to start your story and how to end it -- Structure in microcosm: Cause and effect -- Structure in larger elements: The scene -- Structure in macrocosm: Scenes with results -- Planning and revising scenes for maximum effect -- Linking your scenes: The structure of sequel -- Scene-sequel tricks to control pace -- Variations in the internal structure of scene and sequel -- Common errors in scenes and how to fix them -- Plotting with scene techniques -- The specialized scene techniques -- The structure of chapters -- The scenic master plot and how to write one.