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SLOANE S. MONROE

Sapphic Heat Worksheet

Scene Foundation

Worksheet 1

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Use before drafting any charged scene.

Quick Diagnosis

  • The scene idea has a mood, but not yet a job.
  • The attraction is present, but the emotional change is unclear.
  • You know the setting, but not what emotional force the scene should carry.

Scene Foundation

Scene title:
Location:
POV character:
Other character:
Surface event:
Emotional event underneath:
Primary tension word:
What pulls them together?
What keeps the moment from resolving?
What changes by the end?
Exit image, line, gesture, object, or silence:

Mini Example

Surface event: two rivals clean up after a failed public reading.

Emotional event: one notices the other is shaken and chooses not to use it as leverage.

Exit image: the untouched glass of water left beside her hand.

Revision Check

  • The scene has a clear emotional job.
  • The emotional force is specific to these characters.
  • Something changes by the end.
  • The final image carries tension forward.