No matter how good your story idea, if your pacing is off, the story goes flat and your reader feels the real world pulling them out.

In this podcast, the ladies talk about different levels of pacing – by sentence, by scene, and by act. They also discuss some of the different pacing aspects that are often key for the beginning, middle, and end of the book.

Jess notes the similarities of writing fight scenes and intimacy scenes, as well as some of the common issues she encounters when getting a manuscript.

  

QUOTE: “It doesn’t matter what’s been written in your story so far. It’s how you fill up the rest of the pages that counts.” - Anonymous

 

LINKS:

Margie Lawson Academy

The Anatomy of Story by John Truby

The Winner's Curse trilogy by Marie Rutkoski

Entwine by Tracey Shearer

 

CREDITS: This episode of Your Writing Does Not Suck was recorded and edited by Anne M. Belen.