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Keep your readers on the edge of their seats. You've got great characters and a good idea for your plot, but your story builds tension too slowly; even you get bored in the middle, and you're the one writing it. How do you avoid the slow start, the overly predictable middle, the boggy subplots, and the unsatisfying ending? Pacing is not just about action. It's about the way you dance with the reader - where you drop clues, where you misdirect, where you cut between scenes, when you throw in unexpected complications, and how you raise the stakes. It's about knowing when to delay and when to deliver.<br/><br/>So how do you rev up the speed at just the right moments, give just the right amount of pause for breath, and play with readers’ expectations in ways that build suspense and give your readers surprises they'll be discussing for days? Jump into this book for Stant Litore’s exhilarating crash course on pacing in fiction. Beyond just theory, Write Pacing Your Readers Won't Forget - like earlier toolkits in this series - will provide you with over 30 exercises that will challenge you to make your fiction thrilling.<br/><br/>Review<br/>“0 to 60: Write Pacing Your Readers Won’t Forget teaches vital elements in storytelling: how to keep the tale surprising, how to build tension and suspense, how to kick readers’ hearts into overdrive, and how to let them breathlessly rest. What struck me most is that Write Pacing Your Readers Won’t Forget is not only about the variety of ways we control pace, but about the intentionality of pacing: Do we reveal, delay, or misdirect? What are the hundred ways to do each? What makes for a better story? How do we recognize where we rushed, and how do we see where we’ve dragged?<br/>“Drawing examples from multiple sources to illustrate the lessons, and then suggesting exercises to build skills, master teacher Stant Litore guides writers toward their creative goals. This is the fifth book in an eight-book writer’s toolkit. I’ve been writing