This article argues that the goal of an educator is to help students realize they can be effective writers by giving them the ability to demonstrate their skills. Scene writing can make writing seem less like a chore and more like an opportunity to express ideas. As students write scenes that include both dialogue and action, they gain a deeper understanding of the text by examining character motivation. Students start to see the writing as a fun exercise rather than an assignment they are required to complete. The structure of scene writing also takes away some of the intimidation students might feel when approaching other types of formal writing tasks. An element of scene writing that the author has found especially useful in teaching difficult narrative writing technique is when presenting implicit and explicit characterization. To have multidimensional characters, good writers allow the reader to infer things about those characters based on what they do and say. This implicit characterization is an idea that many students have difficulty understanding. A common obstacle of teachers when teaching argumentative writing is getting students to consider opposing points of view. Scene writing can help make this process easier by having students create a dialogue between two speakers that have contrasting viewpoints. The direct quote part of the assignment is included to prepare students for using evidence from the text to support their eventual claim. Scene writing is a creative prewriting tool that can lead toward successful and meaningful writing in other genres. The goal of any writing teacher is to help their students realize they can be effective writers, by giving them the ability to demonstrate their skill. Therefore, any method used to make writing seem less like a task for students, and more like an opportunity to express ideas, would be highly beneficial for teachers to use in instruction.