Similarly, writing dialogue can be fun, but having your characters ramble at each other and not really get anywhere is just as boring. A scene where your characters are learning about the country they’re going to is fine, but don’t bog the reader down with a bunch of superfluous information about their economic structure or what the trees look like in autumn.

If a scene drags, it might be because you’re spending too long on one bit of the story that doesn’t really matter. Make sure you’re not adding unnecessary dialogue or details.The trick here is not to lump all of your description in one big long paragraph and then have a long stretch of dialogue instead, make the two weave in together so that you’re doing both at the same time and cutting out any unnecessary rambling. Learn how to juggle dialogue and descriptions. One of the biggest problems I see in beginning writers is they don’t yet know how to simultaneously describe a scene (what it looks like, what the characters are doing, etc.) and also keep dialogue between characters going.So I’ve been getting a few messages lately to the effect of “I’m not sure how to keep my descriptions interesting” or “I don’t know how to make this scene sound more interesting.” So while I could answer each of them one by one, it’s been a while since I’ve personally made a post on this blog and it’s a common problem anyway, so here’s some advice on constructing an engaging scene that I find to be helpful in my writing.

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