Question 589: Pacing in Audiobooks
Subscribe Here! Ian asks: “Do audiobook listeners, narrators, and producers have any tricks to adjust pacing, either on playback or during creation? Does writing with audiobooks in mind change the way you write?”
Questions 544: Genre and Pacing
Subscribe Here! Robert asks: “How would you go about subverting the expected pacing of a genre and still make it work?” Resources Mentioned: One Shot by Lee Child Trevayne: A Novel by Robert Ludlum The Hunt For Red October by Tom Clancy Debt of Honor by Tom Clancy Coma by …
Questions 459: Story Beats
Subscribe Here! Zoe asks: Can you talk more about story beats and “scenes and sequels”? Resources Mentioned: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Questions 294: Scenes, Sequels, and Pacing
Subscribe Here! Lyssa asks: “Do you think about ‘scenes and sequels’ when writing?”
Questions 235: Action Fatigue and Meaningful Violence
Subscribe Here! Tim asks: “Is it possible to have too much action in an action/adventure book?”
Questions 56: Fictional Granularity and Plot Arcs
Caine asks: “What did you mean by ‘granularity’ in fiction?” And JR asks: and “How do you control the plot arc so that it works in short stories”