Nano Tip #13: Pace Charts

It was only four days ago that I promised to do a multi-day post on meta-documents, but then I distracted by Passages of Disbelief, and failed to follow up.

So now it's time to double back and discuss another meta-doc I like to use: the pace chart!

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Now, you may ask, what in the world is a pace chart? Basically, it's any method you use to track the ups and downs of momentum in your book, the shifts from action to conversation to tension. Like all meta-docs, a pace chart allows you to step back f...