Pacing: How To Avoid Putting Your Readers To Sleep

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«According to Webster's, pacing is "the rate of movement or progress." Slow passages that don't move the story forward can put your readers to sleep. A well-paced novel means readers can hear you saying, "This happened, then this happened, then this happened..." Readers will be eager to find out, "What's going to happen next?" A number of factors can drag a story to a halt or never let it get going in the first place. »