scene break
Story section divider
A scene break is a visual marker in written fiction indicating a shift in time, location, or viewpoint within a chapter.
Typically rendered as blank space, a row of asterisks, or a decorative symbol, scene breaks signal discontinuity without starting a new chapter: She added a scene break before jumping ahead three days.
- chapterDivision of a book
- intermissionScheduled performance pause
- pauseTemporary cessation of activity
- transitionChange from one state
- cutSeverance or reduction
hard cut · smash cut · fade · fade to black · ellipsis · asterisk · white space · whitespace · jump · time jump · time skip · skip · divider · gap · interlude · meanwhile · flashback · later
- scenesdream sequence, climax, confrontation, first kiss, first meeting
- narrative techniquesflashback, nonlinear plot, fragmented narrative, flash-forward, point of view
- scriptact, line, stage directions, prologue, epilogue
- dramaturgydramaturgy, dramaturg, dramatic structure, dramatic technique, dramatic form
- book partspage, pages, cover, index, chapter
- plotplot, storyline, subplot, climax, narrative
structural scale
scene breakchapter break
Division between book sections
act break · sentence · section break · paragraph break · paragraph
scene, break, scenes, scenic, scenery, breaks, breaking, broke, breaker