Sounds like your version of the Raymond Chandler rule: "when in doubt, have two men burst in through the door, guns in hand". Which maybe shouldn't be taken literally, unless you're going for a running gag. But it's a great way to think about scene changes; to figure out when the current scene has reached its goals and needs to end for the story to move on.
One thing I left out of the main text for lack of a good place to put it is: within a larger story, each part, chapter, scene and so on is a mini-story with its own structure. Tackle each of them like the whole, it will make things much easier.
Of course, that still doesn't tell you what each scene is supposed to actually do. Think of your characters: where each of them is coming from, and where they're going. What would make them see things in a new light? Because that's what makes the story go new places.
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Date: 22 Feb 2020 06:19 (UTC)One thing I left out of the main text for lack of a good place to put it is: within a larger story, each part, chapter, scene and so on is a mini-story with its own structure. Tackle each of them like the whole, it will make things much easier.
Of course, that still doesn't tell you what each scene is supposed to actually do. Think of your characters: where each of them is coming from, and where they're going. What would make them see things in a new light? Because that's what makes the story go new places.