Aspects of Writing: A Quick Look at Pace
As I mentioned in my last post, I do tend to write piecemeal, accomplishing little segments of prose from various points in the story's structure, and then losing track of what I've written and where it belongs on the narrative as a whole. I finally managed to get them in the proper order (and deleted some old versions that have been edited and assimilated into newer files. I've even had a chance to print out some segments and not only add to them, but gussy them up so they read as well as newer chapters, be they scene (action unfolding in real time, and fixed in one place) or summary (action condensed, lots of telling rather than showing, and not anchored in time). The exercise taught me that, when writing a single story over an extended period of time, my writing style (as well as the quality of my writing) changes just a bit. In essence, I like to think I've gotten better at writing over the last five plus years. But it's also revealed an important element...
