Question

Identify a writing situation in which you might want to use pace to create a specific effect. I don't get what the question means o.o

Answer 1

@Vocaloid I just need an example

Answer 2

pacing is how fast or slowly the story unfolds. For example, if not a lot happens in 10 chapters, we would say a book has a slow pace. But if there are a LOT of important plot events in the next 3 chapters, we would say the pace has picked up

Answer 3

let me think of an example... hm.

Answer 4

If you are writing an exciting action scene (like a fight) you want to pick up the pace, and not spend too much time getting bogged into details.

Answer 5

But if you want to set a calm scene like a quiet countryside, you might spend more time talking about specific details (the trees, the wind, the sounds) instead of moving the plot forward.

Answer 6

Ah I understand now :O Thank you! kinda like if you were to write a scary book where the killer is about to kill one of the characters?

Answer 7

yup

if the tension is high, like a scary book, it would be weird to just randomly start talking about the scenery for 10 pages

Answer 8

so you could slow the pace down a bit to create suspense, then suddenly pick it up when the killer goes for the kill

Answer 9

Ah okie, :O Thank you so much! I was having trouble with that for a second but you helped a lot <3

Answer 10

Horror, suspense, even detectives running after targets in a mystery. A lot tend to start off slow, giving background on, say, a case. Then it really starts to tumble downhill at a point :)

So really it depends on pace. Some writers go for a slow start building to a climax while others have different approaches.