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Pacing in Your Work of Fiction
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About Pacing in Your Work of Fiction
Introduction
Class Project
Understanding Pacing
Story Structure
Focusing on the First Act
Danger of Exposition
Longer Isn't Always Better
Choosing the Right Words
Dialogue & Pacing
Revising & Editing
Reading Out Loud
Balancing Pacing & Story
Thank You!
What You Will Learn?
- Have you ever been reading a book and you just hit a wall? Does it feel like a struggle just to turn the page? If so, the story in question may have a problem with its pacing. .
- Pacing is the speed at which a story is told, which is different than the speed at which a story takes place. Understanding this, and learning how to fine tune your work to maximize the pace, can be the difference between a story that lays flat and one that leaps off the page. This course is designed for writers of long-form narrative fiction, to help you understand, identify, and improve the pacing of your work. In this session we will: .
- You'll leave this course with a clear path to making your story flow in a way that won't leave readers behind. .