# Writing acts, sequences and scenes

**URL:** <https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/writing-acts-sequences-and-scenes/2160>\
**Category:** Writing\
**Created:** [October 30, 2018, 11:33pm UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/writing-acts-sequences-and-scenes/2160 "2018-10-30T23:33:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![mpunduj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@mpunduj](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/mpunduj)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2018, 11:33pm UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/writing-acts-sequences-and-scenes/2160/1 "2018-10-30T23:33:33Z")

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Can some one kindly show me how to write sequences if one chooses understanding as the objective story concern.

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**Author:** ![geoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a3d4f5/32.png) [@geoff](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/geoff)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2018, 3:16pm UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/writing-acts-sequences-and-scenes/2160/2 "2018-10-31T15:16:50Z")

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One technique I’ve tested against watching movies and noting sequences is devising questions. Here’s how I did it.

I can detect when the objective story turns in a major new direction (the drivers at roughly quarter points of the story). I looked up the signpost order for this objective story. I developed a skill to figure out the key question to be answered in the signpost climax.

So, I would develop a question sparking off each sequence, and is related to each signpost.