Jan 12, 2011 · Hey everyone, I am writing a novel and have quite a long plot line. My story should be very long, however I seem to be having trouble with pacing...

Nov 3, 2008 · Well, tomorrow I'm getting a female German Shepherd pup - and to be honest, I'm much better with male names! So any suggestions would be helpful. I'd...

Aug 21, 2016 · It could be that I'll find myself fixing this pacing during re-writes and edits, without even thinking about it - almost organically and instinctively, but as I've never reached that stage before I …

Apr 3, 2015 · Question, what do you think about purposely being vague in your writing for the purpose of keeping the reader in the dark? Having the MC have more...

Feb 26, 2014 · I think people who are drawn to turn-based combat like the strategic elements of the system while still retaining the things that makes real-time combat attractive: the pacing and the level …

Nov 15, 2023 · Yeah, there's a time and place for brevity and there's a time where it breeds ambiguity. Something can be verbose out of a desire for completeness or to simply run down the clock. I think a …

May 30, 2017 · Quiet time matters for other reasons beyond pacing though. It's important for the characters to have quiet moments to reflect on their humanity and show themselves to be vulnerable …

Sep 2, 2011 · However, it could also drag down the pacing significantly, and with a pretty tight 3rd person POV on Dustin and Samus and no clear link between these other characters at the …

Aug 17, 2017 · That will let you see what you really need. This is particularly true with pacing and how you weave plot points together. Writing is different to reading. It takes a very long time to write and …

Oct 13, 2011 · While there does need to be catalysts and Incidents that drive the story, Dialogue naturally increases the pace, so broken up with description and narration to give us the sensation of …