Scene Economy Analysis

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Alex Rivera

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Audit scenes for dramatic economy and identify opportunities for compression or expansion.

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Analyze this scene for dramatic economy:

{{scene}}

ECONOMY AUDIT:

1. FUNCTIONS SERVED
List every story function this scene accomplishes:
- Plot advancement?
- Character development?
- Theme expression?
- World-building?
- Setup/payoff?

2. EFFICIENCY RATING
- How many functions per page?
- Industry target: 2-3 functions per page minimum

3. REDUNDANCY CHECK
- What information is delivered more than once?
- What could be cut without loss?

4. COMBINATION OPPORTUNITIES
- Could this scene absorb another nearby scene?
- Could another scene absorb this one?

5. COMPRESSION TEST
- Rewrite the scene at 50% length
- What was truly essential?

6. EXPANSION CHECK
- Is this scene doing too much?
- Should it split into two scenes?

Provide final recommendation with rewritten scene if needed.

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Analysis

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page count reductionscene efficiencyscript tightening

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