How to Write a Scene

There's two main stages of writing a scene; writing and rewriting. Today I outline how to write that first draft of your scene as well as how to rewrite that scene so that you can find and fix it's problems.

Films and TV Shows Used:
The Social Network
500 Days of Summer
Straight Outta Compton
Justice League
Rick and Morty

[jdog]

Reminds me of Trey Parker and Matt Stone (South Park)’s “Therefore/But” rule: Every scene should be linked to the next by either the word “therefore” (causation) or “but” (complication). Keeps the story simple, dramatic, and moving forward! Helps me a lot:)

[bertdekunst]

The questions:
- what do the characters want?
- what is the specific problem in the scène? What creates conflict?
- what do the characters do to try to get what they want?
- how does this scene change the overall story?
- what are the goals of the characters in the story and in this scene particular?

[Dxdinesh]

Keep teaching us bro, I've actually started writing a story with the help of your videos!!!

[duchi]

Your content is perfect
while we're Isolated in our Homes

[theversacelife]

Hey can you do a video about having two protagonists? I’ve never seen a video on it before and think it’d be helpful.

[thein-famouselguapo]

Often times a person might be great at what they do but they are lousy when it comes to teaching/ training. You Tyler have a gift, perfect explanations and examples. Thank you for all the great info you provide. It really does help.

[gothochblandat]

two of my feature scripts are moving forward with the hopes of selling and going into production in the fall. Im currently rewriting to send in my second draft to the producers. im SO nervous. so thankful for these videos as im looking through the scripts.

[raineharkins]

You have an uncanny ability to post the exact video I need.

[purenuggets]

Scene components :
Desire
Conflict
Action
Change

[Chesschange]

I've been trying to get into the heads of my favorite Authors for months but end in vain. The biggest challenge was that I didn't know how they created their scenes perfectly to affect the story until now. Thanks. This gonna help my structures to run smoothly because I been getting stuck after writing a lot of unnecessary details. 👍👍👍

[tfd_shad]

I love your videos man. For a person like me who never plans to attend film school, people like you who take the time to create these concise conceptual visuals are a blessing. Thanks Homie.

I wanted to challenge your idea on the SOC movie. When creating a biopic do you think there is room for leniency in that rule if the scene is an integral part of the characters life even if its not ideal for that particular screenplay? If my explanation needs more explaining let me know.

[princessthyemis]

This is SO HELPFUL! I'm outlining a new story but I've seemingly always struggled with making scenes GO somewhere, to have purpose! This is so concise and Thank

[kayligh]

I'm a 15 year old aspiring script/screenplay writer. I'm currently working on my first script, and so far I have ten pages done! I know it's not a lot, but I've had this idea for over a year so I'm excited to finally write it all out 😁

[pixxelwizzard]

By the way, I'm a novel writer, not a screenplay writer, and I find all of your advice applies equally well in that field. Thanks for this series, really enjoying it.

[dear_cassandra]

Thank you for sharing your gift. As an aspiring playwright, though it is different from screenwriting, you've helped me in so many ways in the craft of creating dynamic characters and putting my thoughts clearly on the page to tell a compelling story. I don't have access to these platforms in my country apart from the tube so please continue doing this for people like me. You're amazing and gonna go far. Cheers 🇬🇾

[ashwinkelly]

Thank you, this came at a perfect time! I’m writing a 60 second film currently, and you have single-handedly taught me how to write.

[autumngreenleaf]

Thank you so much. This is one of the best resources for beginning my screenplay which I will review once or twice more at least. This is one of the best ways I have spent 15 min and 43 seconds since learning how to write with all the footage I've been viewing.

[cathykoziol]

Thank you for the presentation. Really appreciate how well organized this discussion was on how to write a scene. Tyler seems more like an architect than a gardener in style.

[TheSalMaris]

Great content--simple questions that demand important answers. Love it.

[DanielleDeutschTV]

Thank you for this! This explained screenwriting better than many of the other videos I've watched recently. I loved the beginning when you poked fun at different methods out there as a bad place to start at first. Awesome work!!