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7 Tips for Adjusting Your Story's Pace Anybody Can Write a Novel   Chapter 7 “From Story to Art” – Section 11 “Pacing” With Links to Supplementary Material Have you ever received or given criticism for a story being too rapid and confusing or too slow and boring? Perhaps you had a specific scene that you just couldn't get to fit right with the epic scene that followed. When writers find these issues, it is very often a problem of incorrect pacing in the text. The speed at which the reader perceived the story was simply not working to make the timing work to create a dynamic experience. Today, I'm going to tal

It was a simple dare contest. You and some of the other cadets from the 104th trainees squad were sitting, enjoying lunch at the recon team HQ when suddenly, someone suggested a simple game of truth or dare. Everyone agreed, the day having been long and mundane. They needed something interesting to do. It started with Sasha, having refused the question asked to her, she was forced to lick a suspicious looking mushroom somone had found nearby. Christa was next. Someone asked her what her most embarrassing moment was, to which she replied, blushing horribly: "Wetting my bed the first night of trainee camp." The whole table laughed at that. Er