Paul Beakley 

* No inconsequential scenes. (I call this “editing”, as in you can edit your scenes to eliminate the inconsequential stuff)

* Scenes are more self-contained and framed as their own beat (Aggressive scene framing)

* High stakes right now. (Yep)

* The situation/relationship map (Yep, or an actual map, or whatever – physical, tactile aids for memory)

* Lots of reincorporation. (Yep, and you can train yourself to note good stuff to bring back as it occurs, or generate it deliberately)

*  Answer old questions, ask new ones. (I need to think about this more, because I don’t think in these terms but probably do it)

* Blood opera is a lazy but satisfying default. (This is more an “always be closing” attitude – things need to wrap up in a satisfying way so pay attention and build toward that.)

Here is me talking about this stuff a little:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Rf00B_NFFQ2fqGEwdUtxqxnPmOf3vFSvxaCHs_i5PeY/edit?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cZ6iMHNwixJIu1vd87tASe7sv-lCCFphxoW9uRWOtNk/edit?usp=sharing