Channel: Wattpad

Category: Education

Description: Welcome to #WattpadWrites Connect: a new livestream for writers! Every Thursday at 4PM EST, join us for insights on story development, issues solved on-air, sprint timers, and more! Together, let's find the motivation to write, share advice, and make new friends. This week is covering the idea of pace. How do you make a story move slower of faster? Can you bring it to a stop entirely? How do you avoid losing control over it? 0:00 - Intro 3:46 - What is story pace? 7:40 - Pace depends on the story you’re telling 23:56 - How to diagnose problems in your story’s pace 32:36 - How narrative asides can slow down your pace 35:34 - Pace within scenes 45:50 - How to “see” and “hear” pace 56:35 - What is an ideal number of scenes for a chapter? 1:04:28 - Outro Have a topic? You can submit a question here: forms.gle/thNbz45ekjayui9v5 Want us to look at your story summary or an excerpt? Submit here: forms.gle/JGUkTdJiXm2HNUny5 Looking for our previous videos? Find them at StorySights here: youtube.com/channel/UCsyi5Asn2CTSagZdSauzuVA/featured Today’s hosts: Tom McGee (Senior Manager of Content Development) Nick Uskoski (Director of Content)