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Points about Pacing: Tips and Techniques for Timing
by, Jill Swenson
April 19, 2016

When you write a book length manuscript you need to keep the story moving forward. Every scene, every sentence, every word should serve to advance the storyline. When editors talk about “pacing,” they refer to the narrator’s ability to keep the reader turning the page. Have you ever heard someone tell a joke that went on for so long by the time the punch line… [Read More]

Filed Under: composition, dialgoue, flashback, foreshadow, pacing, Punctuation, rhythm, tempo, varied sentence length
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