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CMwww.chaptermuse.com › Guide › Dialogue and subtext
It also does characterisation for free: this is a man who will always have a reason ready, and we did not have to be told, because we watched him produce one within a second and a half.
CMwww.chaptermuse.com › Guide › What editors mean by pacing
A four-hundred-word paragraph reads as slow before a single word of it has been processed, because the eye has already priced the effort.
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Choose a paragraph and identify one phrase you would recognise as yours. Improve its clarity without losing its particular sound.
CMwww.chaptermuse.com › Daily › Tasks › Voice 40
Choose a paragraph and identify one phrase you would recognise as yours. Improve its clarity without losing its particular sound.
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The pacing is off" is the most common note in fiction and the least useful, because nobody defines the word. Here is a definition you can act on, and the four different faults it hides.
CMwww.chaptermuse.com › Daily › Tasks › Plot 10
Write a one-sentence decision that divides your story into a before and an after. Use your own story, or invent something just for this.
CMwww.chaptermuse.com › Daily › Tasks › Description 12
Give one object a reason to matter now. Use your own story, or invent something just for this.
CMwww.chaptermuse.com › Daily › Tasks › Plot 32
Choose one and note where the story answers it. Use your own story, or invent something just for this.
CMwww.chaptermuse.com › Daily › Tasks › Beginnings 15
These short fiction writing exercises focus on one skill at a time. Use a character from your novel, try a short story idea or start with a blank page.
CMwww.chaptermuse.com › Daily › Tasks › Observation 32
These short fiction writing exercises focus on one skill at a time. Use a character from your novel, try a short story idea or start with a blank page.
