Then usually 3-4 passes, seeking different concerns to correct (plot/pacing/dialogue/description/grammar and typos)

Instead, he employs narration, gestures, or just an absence of tags to control the situational framework and the pacing of conversations and exchanges between characters.

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 …

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 …

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 …

Feb 20, 2015 · "Your brother's alive." Tam muttered the words, barely conscious of what he was saying, mind going a thousand miles a minute. "If he were dead, you'd...

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 …

Jun 30, 2016 · If your chapters jump back and forth from crazy long to super short, you might want to think about ironing that out, since having each chapter be a completely different length can perhaps …

Jan 6, 2017 · Dumb question, If I upgrade to supporter status, can I post my stories for beta-readers to critique my story?