I haven't been to an art party recently, but I see my bowl-of-pears whenever I go to my kitchen, and it brings up fond memories.

My go-to scene building activity it to put myself into the character's shoes and see and feel what is around me. It helps me get accuracy on making the scene believable for the reader.

Thanks for the fun post. 🙂

That always seems easiest for me too. But I'm dialogue driven for sure.

Thank you. And novels are fun. I say, "go for it"!

I love that!

My stories, so far, have gravitated more and more toward the plot driven. As such, I approach each new chapter knowing what I want to accomplish, yet have a palette of characters (each with their own style and merits) who can move the story ahead in their own way. These scenes are typically very dialogue driven, but I strive to include some beats and color. Nevertheless, this means I initially approach most new chapters without a clue about who or where I’ll start.

Yet usually, in the first few moments sitting before my blank screen, the cast needed seem to stroll in on their own, and a scenery crew begins setting up the basic background props for the first dry run. In subsequent read throughs, the dialogue gets refined and props are added, changed, or moved to improve the scene.

It is fun. And we can learn so much from each other!