The pacing of a story determines how a story feels to read, and writers get to control that pacing by placing story elements at certain moments in the book and by how they move from chapter to chapter or scene to scene. In this episode, Anne-Marie and Erin explore how Kayvion Lewis keeps the pace fast and the tension high.
Books we talk about:
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Nina Lacour’s books (like We Are Okay and Watch Over Me)
Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie (our blog post on how Christie keeps tension in the story)
Murder on the Orient Express film (trailer)
Erin’s percentages for overall structure and pacing:
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