pacing

Have you ever wondered why a book that has a solid plot structure can receive reviews that say the pace dragged? There are other issues outside of the plot that can cause pacing problems. The four pacing problems I address most often as a line editor are repeated information, unnecessary stage direction, repetition in word choice and sentence structure, and extra dialogue tags. These provide four keys to using pacing… Read More »Pacing: How to use pacing to retain readers