I said last week that I was going to fail at not gushing over Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim—and I was right. Turns out I have yet to say all I have to say on this subject. For the next couple of weeks, we’re going to explore a few more lessons we can glean from […]
December 26, 2012 by 12 Comments Plotting Your NovelIs Your Story’s Pacing Moving Too Fast?
Stakes are important in any story. In some genres, readers want to feel a sense of desperation and urgency on the characters’ behalf. One of the best ways to ramp up that feeling is to tighten the story’s timeline and speed up events. Your characters have to disarm a ticking bomb? How much more exciting […]
