Sapphic Heat Worksheet
Intensity Planner
Worksheet 3
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Use to choose how charged the scene should feel.
Quick Diagnosis
- The scene escalates too quickly or stays flat for too long.
- Every beat has the same emotional temperature.
- The ending does not leave a clear aftermath.
Intensity Scale
Levels: 1 Awareness / 2 Friction / 3 Loaded Contact / 4 Destabilization / 5 Near-Break
Starting level:
Highest level:
Ending level:
What raises the charge?
What interrupts or lowers it?
Where does restraint strain?
What stops full release?
Intensity curve: steady climb / dip and rise / sudden spike / slow burn / near-break and retreat / quiet charge
Mini Example
Starting level: 2, because the characters are already irritated by each other.
Highest level: 4, when one almost says the real reason she came back.
Ending level: 3, because the truth is still withheld, but harder to deny.
Revision Check
- The scene has a deliberate intensity curve.
- At least one beat raises or lowers the charge.
- The highest moment costs something.
- The ending leaves something unresolved on purpose.