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Nail Your Pacing by Manipulating Time
by Tim Kane I never understood pacing until I had to teach it to students. For me it was always something I recognized in its absence. When the pacing is bad on a novel, it puts you to sleep. But … Continue reading
How to Frustrate Your Character in Every Scene
My current manuscript in first person, so the reader hears everything the protagonist thinks. Yet, as I’m revising the pages, I notice a recurring trend in my writing. Each time my protagonist runs into a complication, she thinks ‘Crap.’ That … Continue reading
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