I am not gonna lie when I say that I am uneasy about the story’s execution/pacing/flow. So, I am genuinely enjoying the ride of the first draft and the potential is really wonderful to me at least. I am just curious on how I can make it work, but I suppose I am too early to the game on that. I know that is something that I need to focus on when I am done with the first draft.
I am curious, but I will admit I like the direction of where the first draft is going.
So, how can I work towards getting my story’s flow/execution/pacing right? Because as of now, my first draft is fine, but I oddly feel that the pacing might be either a bit too fast or too all over the place. Even in the first draft, I can’t help but to wonder.
For stuff like this I usually start by searching for YouTube videos:
There were about a million more from the usual suspects: Jenna Moreci, Abbie Emmons, etc. but I imagine they all say the same thing, more or less.
Next I’d try googling for writing advice blogs and podcasts maybe if those videos don’t help…? ¯\_(ﭢ)_/¯
Anyway, good luck! Getting the pacing of a book just right is hard. I find the best way is to let it sit awhile after it’s done, then read it though like a real reader would, marking all the places where it gets slow or boring, then tweaking those. __〆(．．)
Pacing is mostly about sentences. If you want to go fast, be short and quick. If you want to be slow, go long and calm. But this is really generic advice lol
And speaking of editing, you might want to bookmark this page:
I just noticed that @alenatenjo has an editing service, and though I’m not sure if these prices are in American or Australian dollars, the pricing is absurdly low. She’s a teacher, too, as I understand it, and must edit school papers all the time, so I’d trust her editing skills. That’s one more thing you could check off your list of things to do before publishing your work when it’s finished. See? Things are slowly coming together! ٩(˘◡˘)۶
