No matter what you do, all your work should have a definable beginning, middle, and end.
The Bionic Man opener brings back great childhood memories for me, so excuse the indulgence, but it also illustrates how to tell a complete story in a very short amount of time - a minute and a half, in this case.
Every scene you write should read like its own short story, with a definable beginning, middle and end. Every sequence should have a beginning, middle and end. Every act? A beginning, middle and end. Stories within stories.
Do your scenes/sequences/acts/stories have solid beginnings, middles and endings? If not, you're not really telling a story!
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