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Writing Excuses

21.26: Setting the Pace

June 28, 202624 min · 3,996 words

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Our hosts explore the many tools writers can use to control pacing. We discuss how cadence, transitions, tone, sentence structure, and white space can all speed up or slow down a reader’s experience. And remember, fast is not inherently better than slow! This conversation highlights the importance of contrast—pairing fast and slow moments, tension and calm, or different emotional states—to make pacing more effective.

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if you throw in a said bookism that so-and-so interrupted, then you've dragged the pace back because you added words for me to read.

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