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Those are called transitions. You can use a sentence to a brief paragraph of summary-telling to do that. This does not require a scene break (several blank lines). John looked up. "I think it's time we left YYYY and looked somewhere else. The next likely place is XXXXX." The rest of us nodded. Frank said, "Then let's get to bed early. I'll make arrangements with the master of the caravan that's leaving tomorrow."[end of scene (showing)]. The next morning we packed our bags and met up with the caravan to XXXXX. Two uneventful weeks later the caravan passed through the guards' checkpoint at the gates of XXXXX and we parted ways with them. Next scene (showing) begins. Or you can use a scene break (several blank lines) along with establishing the new time and place immediately when the text resumes in the next scene. John looked up. "I think it's time we left YYYY and looked somewhere else. The next likely place is XXXXX." The rest of us nodded. Frank said, "Then let's get to bed early. I'll make arrangements with the master of the caravan that's leaving tomorrow." [end of scene (showing)]. [Next scene (showing) begins.] Two uneventful weeks later we parted ways with the caravan inside the gates of XXXXX, and looked around for an inn. Or if the transition opening the next scene is quite clear, you can do without the formatted scene break. John looked up. "I think it's time we left YYYY and looked somewhere else. The next likely place is XXXXX." The rest of us nodded. Frank said, "Then let's get to bed early. I'll make arrangements with the master of the caravan that's leaving tomorrow." [end of scene (showing)]. [Next scene (showing) begins.] Two uneventful weeks later we parted ways with the caravan inside the gates of XXXXX, and looked around for an inn. Transition information should always be given time before place in an intro structure of the first sentence of the next scene. That's the natural order: Once upon a time in a land far, far away, for instance. If the time or the place doesn't change significantly, that part can be left out, and will be assumed to be about the same. Flashbacks (going backward in time) are handled differently. For those, see "Invalid Item" . Hope that helps. Northernwrites___ ~~Image #6000 Sharing Restricted~~ ~~Image #603504 Sharing Restricted~~ |