Some good advice from Rocky Cole:

You want tension in every scene in your story, whether that tension is overt and visible or subtle and hidden. Tension is achieved by characters wanting different things, having different goals, coming into conflict or having conflict within themselves.

Need more help with your scene? Check out the worksheet I link to in this post.

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