Comments on: JWAM reader request no. 25: Pacing

By: Rachael

Rachael — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:22:57 +0000

Thanks so much for doing this, Justine.

By: Justine

Justine — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 02:23:50 +0000

Malcolm: Well, he was sitting next to me as I was about to put the post up. I reminded him he hadn’t contributed. Then he started rambling about monkeys. I said, “I’m adding that to the post. Are you sure you want my blog readers to see how mad you actually are?” I didn’t quite hear his answer. Too late now, eh?

By: Malcolm Tredinnick

Malcolm Tredinnick — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 01:55:15 +0000

So Scott’s response was the last one to arrive and that was what he offered up? Must have been edited down from the 1500 word first draft and something was lost in the process.

By: Justine

Justine — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:55:53 +0000

Veejane: It’s no problem cause we’re in our Sydney digs with are HUGE. There’s a whole fire-proof ~~dungeon~~ room for the flaming monkeys.

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By: veejane

veejane — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 23:31:47 +0000

So, Justine, how does the Larbalestier/Westerfeld household deal with all the flaming monkeys you’ve got? That has to be awfully inconvenient in a city apartment. I suppose you quarantine them in the bathtub until they go out? Or the kitchen sink, if they’re the pygmy marmoset kind of monkeys.

By: Harry Connolly

Harry Connolly — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 22:58:42 +0000

A very interesting exploration of pacing can be found in Sol Stein’s Stein on Writing. It’s detailed and in-depth, even if it isn’t the kind of thing you (by which I mean, “me”) can keep in mind while writing the first draft.