Revision filter: one line for what the character wants in this scene, one for what they fear.
If those never meet on the page, the scene may stay polite when it should get costly.
Where do want and fear collide hardest in your current chapter?

Revision filter: one line for what the character wants in this scene, one for what they fear.
If those never meet on the page, the scene may stay polite when it should get costly.
Where do want and fear collide hardest in your current chapter?
A scene goal only you know never reaches the reader.
One plain sentence: what does this character want on this page? Cut beats that don’t pressure it.
What’s the page-want for the scene you’re rewriting tonight?