#WHAT IS PACING

[ahb-writes]

Writing Problem: The Narrative Falls Into a Repetitive Pattern

Problem: The Narrative Falls Into a Repetitive Pattern

Solution: Does the story begin at the right point? Are the characters introduced in scenes where they exert the right influence? Are the novel's emotional beats consistent (or meaningful)? What's the tempo like? Is the pacing balanced and purposeful at the sentence level, scene level, and act level? Is the story's use of description unique and dynamic? What's the difference between the author voice, the narrator voice, and the character voice? Be as flexible or inflexible as needed, but above all, be willing to learn.

Writing Resources:

Never Lie Beyond What You're Capable of Selling (How to Fight Write)

How to Craft Your Protagonist's Inner and Outer Journeys (The Novel Smithy)

5 Ways to Keep Reader's Interest When They Know Something the Character Doesn't (Writing Questions Answered)

Variations on Story Structure: A List (September C. Fawkes)

8 Common Pacing Problems (September C. Fawkes)

How Structure Affects Pacing (September C. Fawkes)

Quick Plotting Tip: Write Your Story Backwards (bucketsiler; ahbwrites)

What Is Pacing in Writing? Mastering Pace (Now Novel)

❯ ❯ Adapted from the writing masterpost series: 19 Things That Are Wrong With Your Novel (and How to Fix Them)

#writeblr #writing tips #writing advice #writing problems #fiction writing #novel writing #writeprob #repetitive storytelling #writing description #structure affects pacing #flexible plotting #inner and outer journeys #pacing #novel pacing #plotting tips #write your story backwards #what is pacing

[bowenandjohnson]

skamfr dropped five clips this week. wtfock currently has a running tally of fourteen ☠️

#what is pacing #the belgians don’t know #skam france #wtfock

[delivish]

i really hope people like the next chap of ypiac, because i am spitting blood rn

#what is pacing #what are dialogue #who are action scenes #why did i have to write such a gIANT FUCKING AU WITH SO MANY FUCKING CHARACTERS #LEAVE ME HERE TO DIE

[moonlightmagical]

that was an insane three hours.

#WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED #GOD I WAS FUCKING PACING MY ROOM THAT WAS INSANE #dimension 20 #fantasy high #fantasy high junior year #fantasy high spoilers #d20 #fh #fhjy

[sophios-draws]

@portal-secret-santa gift for @wildyfoe! a comic set after glados saves chell. enjoy!

#portal #portal 2 #portal secret santa #chelldos #comic #the pacing is mid but it is what it is #soph's art

[egophiliac]

innocently logging in to look at the Twst schedule for May like

#art #twisted wonderland #twisted wonderland spoilers #twisted wonderland episode 7 spoilers #twisted wonderland book 7 spoilers #twisted wonderland episode 7 part 8 spoilers #twisted wonderland book 7 part 8 spoilers #tsumsted wonderland #i-is that enough spoiler tags #anyway twst just absolutely obliterating me with the schedule again #i saw the story completion campaign ended in june and was like 'oh okay that'll be when we get the next part' NOPE HA HA #oh my god rook. oh my god savana rook is real. #w...why is this a story card. hey twst wHY IS THIS A STORY CARD -- #is rook dreaming of still being a rowdy boy or #and why is he...(squints) why is he in a pomefiore bedroom #never mind i'm actually terrified of this card now #god. the STETSON. i'm crying. #he really is just applejack huh #also vil i don't know what your problem was this man's mane is LUSCIOUS #and what's this? it's twst following up that first punch with the right hook of EVEN MORE of the best and silliest event #malleus is going to be in the middle of an angsty flashback while dangling us over a pit of spikes or something #and then we're going to cut directly to him having a charming little tea party with a small plush version of himself #oh twst your sense of pacing remains exquisitely incomprehensible #(no i love this though)

[purrvaire]

I'm having a moment

#good omens season two #im *dkdhskjsksksk * [crash][explosion] wooo weeee [sirens] good lord #just put me in the fridge and let me out when the season comes out #IM PACING BACK AND FORTH LIKE A MADMAN #i can't express how much i LOVE this story and these characters and what they mean to me #im meming to cope honestly im giggling and rolling in my bed because i CAN'T EVEN #I'M UNABLE TO EVEN #aziracrow #ineffable husbands #my dads (real) #good omens #user purrvaire

[stardynamite]

Part 3

Idk man, I guess I’m still going with this comic ToT

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#mhc #rottmnt #save rottmnt #unpause rottmnt #my art #rottmnt leonardo #rottmnt donnie #rottmnt mikey #rottmnt raph #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #BTW I ONLY JUST NOTICED IT WAS 3 AM WHAT THE FRICK #I THOUGHT IT WAS MIDNIGHT I SWEAR #the pacing is weird in this one but this comic was supposed to be short #ALSO i found a screenshot of leo that was just to marvelous and it inspired one of the panels lmaooo #art

[onionninjasstuff]

this is part one! | next

#rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt #rottmnt donnie #rottmnt mikey #rottmnt draxum #villain pb&j duo #separated au #aaaaaaaa lets not talk abt the flow pacing and jokes in this my writing juice is running out #draxum having a mental breakdown and villain-ranting to himself for 4 pages straight #hes drinking all of that copium rn #im super improvising this whole thing btw im not rlly sure whats going on #but im having fun! #i hope everything is readable lol

[ruporas]

kiss (ID in alt text)

#vashwood #vash the stampede #nicholas d wolfwood #trigun #trigun stampede #trigun maximum #this is also from a while ago... *kicks rocks* i keep on forgeting to upload stuff. also as u can see... my numerous kisses from before #but stampede vs maximum in my brain basically #ultimately they are both screwed in every versions but at different paces(?) #stampede im so screwed (trying to be normal) #maximum im so screwed (already resigned that they cant be normal about it) #doomed for tragedy but kiss kiss while they can #i very much enjoy drawing stampede vs max schtuff bc i have a hard time verbalizing What exactly their differences are #but i guess w stampede - to me - they feel more impulsive while simultaneously capable of being in deep denial #and with max its the opposite - hesitant and slow but the acceptance is already there........ my brain is mush so im not going to #elaborate more than that but i think this is also why i find stamp vw x max vw interactions fun to think about #ruporas art

[critter-of-habit]

okay focusing on NATASHA when Peggy and Steve were reuniting was really a choice wasn't it

#a choice to cause me pain specifically #this ENTIRE EPISODE was meant to cause me pain #of all kinds #there was SO MUCH GOOD SHIT #and oh god so much not so good #I am still reeling #I needed to pause and pace around the house like 4 times #ugh my baby are you okay?? #and still after all that willing to go with Peggy to look for steve?? #Natasha my baby we've all been there I admire the dedication #What If...? #what if...? spoilers #what if #what if spoilers #peggynat #natasha romanoff #black widow

[romansmartini]

“doctor who is well written” if you say so i guess “doctor who proved trans girl magic is real and features the penultimate bestie relationship and david tennant is openly having the time of his life” now this we can’t possibly refute

#doctor who #i’m sure i could find things to criticize about it. in fact there are many. and those who are critiquing it keep up the good work #i just know i looked at david tennant for an hour today and i liked it #and when i read posts that mention pacing my eyes glaze over. what is this pacing you’re talking about

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Gaslight, Gatekeep, Girl found dead in a hidden room.

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#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #lan xichen #jin guangyao #jiang cheng #wei wuxian #qin su #EDIT: Tumblr published an earlier draft with only half the notes I wrote so: late entry on my JGY thoughts. #Unlike the mystic powers of the stockmarket (what the OG meme is referring to) I think this situation calls for more active investigation. #qin su is such a deeply tragic character to me and I really wish we got a bit more from her. #Love everyone who sent me messages about her after the last time she appeared. #I think she needs a spin off of her being a transmigrator SO badly. #MDZS has so many interesting characters - but it sometimes fails to give them the proper room to really develop past a role in the plot. #That's just the consequence of writing a story like MDZS. Not every character in a book *needs* to have a rich inner life and backstory! #To do so would bog down the story and obliterate any notion of pacing. It's just not possible. #Jin Guangyao (nee Meng Yao) is unfortunately not free from this leeway rule. He is the culprit of this murder mystery plot #and thus NEEDS to encapsulate the themes of the book. And personally he's a 7 out of 10 at best on this front (in the AD). #MDZS is about rumours twisting reality and working towards truth. And about how people & situations are rarely ever black & white #JGY has his motivations. He's well written in regards to his actions making sense for his character. #What started as good traits (drive to succeed & improve his image) became twisted over time (do anything to maintain his image) #and it's a good parallel to WWX! He has the same arc (with different traits)! Bonus points for IGY in that regard. #but man....by the time we confront this guy for murder there's not a lot of grey morality. He's just...deep in the hole *he* dug. #There's a beautiful tragedy to it! More on JGY in later comics - this is getting pretty long already!

[ananxiousgenz]

okay, that's it, i am thoroughly obsessed with this episode. existensial crisises with mr. callum. suvi making a choice that is effectively a betrayal of her friends for the values of the citadel. the fox's sheer utter chaos. ame blowing up the system to make it out of the citadel on time. eursulon's mastery of the dimension door fire. you are magic, and it is you. the reappearance of the stranger, the man in black. kalaya's burrow at the base of a fire tree. that brutal cliffhanger of an ending. IT'S SO GOOD.

#i spent the last 15 minutes frantically pacing around my room #and saying “girl?! what??!!” out loud #worlds beyond number #wbn #wbn: www #wbn pod #wbn spoilers

[1-8oo-wtfbro]

give me more fics where Eddie runs into Steve and Robin, running around after being drugged (and tortured) by the Russians at Starcourt. Steve, dopy and sweet and acting like dumbest puppy- and did i mention his face was beat in? Robin, flailing all over steve and giggling with him as they sway, more intertwined than humanly possible, eyes unfocused. and Eddie, faking calm as he tries to herd them to a bathroom and planning to kill whoever drugged his these loopy sailors that he’s been annoying all summer.

#steve ‘your hair is sooooooo pretty eds. uuurrrr sooo pretty eddie’ #robin ‘Steve steve steve steve steve it’s called BACK to the future because his mom wants to fu-‘ #*proceeds to stumble over steve and then trip and make them both go flying* #eddie trying not to unleash hell on whoever drugged them- at least not while they need calm (spoiler: he is not calm) #suprising steve manages to look like the prettiest princess even after lying on a dirty bathroom floor after throwing up #dustin comes and gets them (he saw eddie- who he saw take them- pacing outside the bathroom while the two had their canon heart to heart) #and steve- still a bit out of it- just promptly kisses eddie on the lips in thanks before running after dustin #and steve didn’t regret it #(steve didn’t know what to do with that information as starcourt burned behind him) #also robin gave steve the *u like crabby pattie’s don’t you squidward.* SpongeBob face. cannon #steve harrington #starcourt mall #eddie munson #robin buckley #platonic soulmates #steve and robin #eddie munson has a crush on steve harrington #kiss #gay kiss #bi kiss #drugged by russians #the russians #sweet steve harrington #steddie #steve x eddie

[sassygwaine]

what i find most attractive in people are signs of life

crows feet and laugh lines and bushy eyebrows and grown out haircuts

scars and tattoos and chipped nail polish and floppy ear lobes and still-open piercings that you just don’t wear anymore

scuffed shoes and clothes you’ve had since high school and that green stain on your fingers and neck from cheap jewelry

proof of life!!! so breathtaking!!!

humans!!!

you were somebody, and you are somebody, and you will continue to be!!

#this is both from seeing a gif set of lee pace and also i’m so tired of being sold airbrushed faces when what i love is the humanity #ANYWAY i love humanity there is no wrong way to be