Pacing - how do you control the pacing of your story?
Mar 7, 2013 · I use a pacing technique I call "the hourglass." This is just like it sounds. To keep the pace of the story quick enough for the reader, I use short sentences on each side of a …
Novel Pacing Problems - Writing Forums
Oct 12, 2015 · The second pacing is the way you structure your paragraphs and use stylistic choices to speed up and slow down. Long sentences (multiple compound sentences, …
Is pacing weird? | Creative Writing Forums - Writing Help, Writing ...
Aug 29, 2013 · Is pacing weird? Discussion in ' The Lounge ' started by EHoff , Feb 12, 2014 . Hey, do any of you have any weird habits or things you do that help you write?
Pacing the Plot - Creative Writing Forums
Apr 20, 2016 · Pacing the Plot. Discussion in 'Plot Development' started by QualityPen, Mar 6, 2017. I have a dilemma of ...
Pacing and word count | Creative Writing Forums - Writing Help, …
Jun 16, 2017 · Pacing and word count Discussion in ' Word Mechanics ' started by RWK , Jun 20, 2017 . So my current project is sitting at 60k words; I try to keep my novels around the 100k …
Short Story The slow reveal - Writing Forums
Jul 7, 2016 · Thanks for the responses. I don't really think a slow reveal of information needs to affect the pacing. I feel good about my pacing with this story. By the way, this story is done, …
Not sure how to pace my story's climax - Writing Forums
May 30, 2018 · Gosh, that's not an easy one, is it? I know I find pacing the most difficult thing to gauge. Not only when an event should happen, but how long you want to spend 'in real time' …
How to imply a passage of time - Creative Writing Forums
May 11, 2011 · I find that sentences or clauses like "an hour passed" really drag down the story. I prefer to let the tone of the sentences, and the pacing of the sentences try to automatically …
Detective story - Creative Writing Forums
Jul 23, 2019 · I also recommend paying close attention to pacing. I find that a proper detective story has fantastic pacing, and, although I know absolutely nothing about this 'genre', I have …
Grammarly? Good or Bad - Creative Writing Forums
Apr 3, 2019 · I know I am not the most tolerant person but I get quickly bored with something telling again and again that what I was doing for the sake of voice and pacing was a mistake, …