The Elements of Pacing
In Today’s Journal * Storytelling at Depth * The Elements of Pacing * Of Interest * The Numbers Storytelling at Depth Since I just announced a new short story contest, I thought I’d publish a new short series of three posts on Storytelling at Depth. In the first post, I talked about the Cliffhanger/Hook combo. In the second, I talked about Grounding the Reader. It works like this: The initial hook and opening get the readers into the story. Grounding them in the setting engages them and keeps them deep. The cliffhanger/hook combo and the pacing keep them turning pages. … Read more