Keeping Pace Part 1: The Big Picture Video Download Writer's Digest Consultants Center Jason Mott

Jason Mott

I've sold more episodes of "Star Trek" than any other freelance writer in the history of the franchise (1 episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and 8 episodes of Star Trek: Voyager)

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Keeping Pace Part 1: The Big Picture Video Download Writer's Digest Consultants Center Jason MottThe pacing of a novel is where you determine and control the speed of how your story unfolds. Not everything happens at a break neck pace," and at the same time, even stories that aren't action oriented should never just plod along. We'll go beyond the traditional three act, two act, or rising action arc story structure and see how controlling the speed of your storytelling can,and should,break that up into smaller curves of rising and falling action.