[ncreech2]

I am in the middle of writing a story, I feel like my scene is too long.  Right now it's abut 1 page long.  Does anyone how long the average scene should be?

 

[AllenOwen]

I'm still learning how to write, but I would think the scene needs to be as long as it needs to be to advance the story, or even just provide exposition.  I.E there is no such thing as an average length for a scene.  Or maybe I'm wrong 

 

[Rob Martin]

I'm still learning how to write, but I would think the scene needs to be as long as it needs to be to advance the story, or even just provide exposition. I.E there is no such thing as an average length for a scene. Or maybe I'm wrong

This. I've had scenes as small as 500 words and longer than 5,000. A scene is as long as it needs to be.

 

[Paul Gre]

I have scenes that are only about 200 words long, but they just describe what happens, they are kind of expandable readable notes. I can expand on them later.

 

[deceangli]

Does the scene stand up if you cut it out and read it standalone? If it does, then length doesn’t matter, IMHO

 

[alhawke]

If it's boring, it's too long. Just don't be boring. 

 

[ShayneRutherford]

A scene should be as long as it needs to be, no more and no less.