Four Tips to Fix Story Pacing
If you’ve ever got bored with a book, it was probably an issue with the pacing. How do you know what’s the right pace for your story?
If you’ve ever got bored with a book, it was probably an issue with the pacing. How do you know what’s the right pace for your story?
Author and writing teacher Larry Brooks is famous for saying, “No conflict? No story.” But it can be difficult to understand what creates conflict effectively in your fiction. Because conflict is NOT melodrama. You know, when one character goes on a rant and steps on everyone’s toes and is basically a drama llama. There are …
In the world of authorial experience, I’m still a newbie. One published short story, an independently published novella and a contract for another short story: those are my publishing credits. As for writing, though, I’ve had a long and arduous journey. And I’ve written close to a half-million words since doing this “writing thing” full-time. …