Timing is Everything: How to Pace Your Story
It can be tricky to create effective pacing in your writing. Pacing isn’t just how fast your story moves along. It isn’t how slow it moves, either. Some readers may prefer one or the other (think action-packed suspense or slow-burn romance), but every story includes elements of both. Pacing is how you present your story […]
Stay on Target: Writing A Novel With Focus
Have you ever read a novel that lacked focus? The plot ambled, the descriptions followed every item of furniture in a room, the characters talked about something in their past that you didn’t have context for. These are just some of the things that can make a novel wander. If you’ve been working on a […]
Four the Love of Writing: Embracing the 4 Act Structure
There is no correct way to write a novel. The world of storytelling has many methods and structures for formatting a plot – from the Hero’s Journey to the 7-Point Method. One of the most effective methods is an expansion on the traditional 3 Act Structure: the 4 Act Structure. This can help writers if […]