Fuzzy Orange Doomsayer
#2: Nov 2nd 2011 at 6:02:24 PM
By that standard, I've never taken longer than 9 pages to get to the plot, and it's usually more like 2. It's nice to see a writing standard I actually do well on.
That's Feo . . . He's a disgusting, mysoginistic, paedophilic asshat who moonlights as a shitty writer—Something Awful
chihuahua0
Since: Jul, 2010
#3: Nov 2nd 2011 at 6:12:22 PM
My inciting incident for Manifestation Files is the very first page. However, the fantasy elements probably won't kick in until around page 20-25, with the explanation by page 30-35.
That's better than most books.
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This article so accurately summed up exactly how I feel about writing for young adults and teens. A big flaw of so many amateur writers is that they get caught up in their own prose, neglecting the pacing of their story. Plotting and pacing is one of the most important things a writer can learn to do. My favorite quote from this article is simply that "Stuff has to happen." The best books are ones that throw you into the adventure pretty quickly—even Tolkein , long winded writer that he is, always had things happening. Roald Dahl said that '[a writer] has to keep things ticking along."
How long does it take you to get to your plot? More than 60 book pages? (for reference, 3 book pages is 750 words). What's your pacing like?
Doodles