Gymnastics

“Everything is about your movements and precision and timing, which is what gymnastics is about.” (Shawn Johnson – US Gymnast)

When writing, it will be necessary to move the story forward at a variety of speeds, according to what is happening in each scene. For example – readers will need to be moved quickly through an action scene and slowly through love scenes. The method by which we do this is pacing, which controls the speed and rhythm at which a story is told. Pacing is partly about the...