Keeping Pace Part 1: The Big Picture Video Download

Keeping Pace Part 1: The Big Picture Video DownloadThe pacing of a novel is where you determine and control the speed of how your story unfolds. Not everything happens at a break neck pace," and at the same time, even stories that aren't action oriented should never just plod along. We'll go beyond the traditional three act, two act, or rising action arc story structure and see how controlling the speed of your storytelling can,and should,break that up into smaller curves of rising and falling action.

The pacing of a novel is where you determine and control the speed of how your story unfolds. Not everything happens at a “break-neck pace," and at the same time, even stories that aren't action-oriented should never just plod along.

We'll go beyond the traditional three act, two act, or rising action/arc story structure and see how controlling the speed of your storytelling can,and should,break that up into smaller curves of rising and falling action.

In this 47-minute video tutorial, we'll cover:

• Pacing Basics: What we mean by ‚Äúpacing" in the first place
• Start Strong: No book should just fade in
• Speed Up: How, when, and why to speed up the action
• Slow Down: How, when, and why to slow down the action

And we'll end with an exercise in tracking the ups and downs of rising and falling action.