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Ask whether the moment changes a character, reveals important emotion, or contains a decision the reader cares about. If yes, scene it. If it’s connective tissue or a routine step, summarize.

Summaries can carry emotion through tone, choice of details, and the narrator’s voice, but they won’t create the same immediacy as a scene. Use them to highlight emotional shifts across time without re-enacting every moment.

There’s no fixed ratio. Romance often favors more scenes around key romantic beats and turning points; summaries are useful between those beats to keep momentum. Aim for scenes where you want readers to linger and summaries where you need to move the plot efficiently.

Pick one moment inside the summary, zoom in on sensory detail, add dialogue and a clear objective for the characters, and show the emotional stakes. That concrete snapshot turns ‘telling’ into ‘showing.’