Two-minute tip: Crafting scenes

Author Siera London likes to call herself a plotster — she does a minimal amount of plotting and a fair amount of pantsing.

However, pantsing brings a risk that you'll create a scene that ultimately doesn't add to your final work.

So London has developed some basic guidelines for herself whenever she writes a scene to make sure she stays on track. She explains it in the video below.

RWA will post videos every other Tuesday and invites you to submit your idea tips to tracey@traceylivesay.com.