Same 😭

Let's talk about transitions.

Transitioning between fast-paced and slow-paced scenes is essential for maintaining the flow of your narrative and keeping readers engaged throughout your story, allowing for moments of reflection, introspection, and character development.

Here are some strategies to smoothly transition between different pacing levels:

Use scene endings and beginnings: End a fast-paced scene with a cliffhanger or revelation that propels the story forward, then transition to a slower-paced scene that allows characters (and readers) to process the events. On the flip side, begin a slow-paced scene with a hook or question that intrigues readers and draws them deeper into the story.

Bridge paragraphs: Include bridge paragraphs between scenes to provide a smooth transition. These paragraphs can briefly summarize the previous scene's events, set the scene for the upcoming events, or transition between different settings, characters, or points of view.

Change in tone or focus: Shift the tone or focus of the narrative to signal a change in pacing. For example, transition from a tense action scene to a quieter moment of reflection by shifting the narrative focus from external events to internal thoughts and emotions.

Utilise pacing within scenes: Even within a single scene, you can vary the pacing to create transitions. Start with a fast-paced opening to grab the reader's attention, then gradually slow down the pacing as you delve deeper into character interactions, dialogue, or introspection. Conversely, speed up the pacing to inject energy and excitement into slower scenes.

Symbolic transitions: Use symbolic elements within the narrative to signal transitions between pacing levels. For example, transition from a fast-paced scene set during a stormy night to a slow-paced scene set in the calm aftermath of the storm, mirroring the shift in pacing.

Foreshadowing: Use subtle foreshadowing in fast-paced scenes to hint at upcoming events or conflicts that will be explored in slower-paced scenes. This creates anticipation and helps to smoothly transition between different pacing levels by maintaining continuity in the narrative arc.

Character reactions: Show how characters react to the events of fast-paced scenes in the subsequent slower-paced scenes. Use their thoughts, emotions, and actions to provide insight into the impact of these events on the story and its characters, helping to bridge the transition between pacing levels.

See my post on pacing for more! ❤

We need to bring back fanfics where the author talks to the characters in the chapter notes and occasional intertexual asides, and through this medium the reader gradually becomes aware of a whole secondary metanarrative concerning the interpersonal dramas of the notional "actors" playing the characters in the fic.

“omg you’re so creative. how do you get your ideas” i hallucinate a single scene in the taco bell drive thru and then spend 13 months trying to write it

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When we resorted to asking for urgent help, we resorted to it because of the difficulty of the life we ​​live, whether psychological, physical or material 💔

We are a Palestinian family of seven people. We were living a decent and stable life and we had our dreams. Suddenly our situation changed due to the devastating war that caused us to lose everything we owned and negatively affected my children psychologically, educationally and otherwise 😭😭

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Today, after nearly 330 days of war and five months since the start of the fundraising campaign, we have reached 22k€ thanks to your support, participation and donations. We hope that you will continue to support and participate until we reach 65% of the goal, as there is less than 750€ left to reach it 🙏

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Hi everyone, my name is Khaled Smeer. I am the manager of a large mall in Gaza before the war, and I am also an English translator. I live in the northern part of Gaza, and I created this campaign after my home was destroyed. Now, in northern Gaza, we are starving. We have nothing—no clothes, no food. Please, if you can help by sharing this or donating, I would be extremely grateful. I am trying to evacuate from Gaza when the border crossing opens. We need 5,000 USD for one person to leave. Thank you for reading my story. Thanks to everyone who does anything for Palestine My first goal will be 500 euros. I hope everyone will🥺

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"is this too cliche?" who cares? bro, write what you have fun writing. stuff your manuscript full of your favourite tropes. the same themes you love. all inspired by things you grew up with. do it all. go off. load. it. up. be freeeee

Clarifications for Epithet Erased fan artists tagging their posts:

Trixie's last name is spelled Roughhouse, with two H's. It's just the words Rough and House smashed together.

Banzai Blasters, as in yelling "Banzai!" before jumping into a pool, not "Bonsai" like the tree

I'm so sorry but Yoomtah is a mononym now, her last name isn't Zing like it was in Anime Campaign. I've been tagging her as just "Yoomtah" for years but nobody has noticed and there wasn't really a time to bring it up. Whoops.

Phoenica Fleecity.

Phoenica Fleecity.

Phoenica spelled like Phoenix.

Phoenica is a reused OC from a project where all the characters were named after scientific classification for animals. Phoenica was male in the original iteration, so her name was Phoenico, after Flamingos.

Intimacy is not just about sex. It's having heart-to-hearts, staying up all night talking, sharing childhood memories, thoughts, fears, dreams & hopes for the future. It's uncontrollable laughter, direct eye contact and feeling each other without touching - it's exchanging energy

Hello 👋, I hope you're doing well.. My name is Mahmoud, and I'm a 17-year-old from Gaza. The ongoing war has devastated my city, destroyed my school, and made daily life incredibly challenging. Despite these hardships, I'm determined to continue my education and build a better future. I've been given a chance to study abroad, but I need help to cover the costs of leaving Gaza, as well as living expenses and other essentials abroad once the crossing opens.. If you can, please consider donating or sharing, your kindness can truly make a difference, and thanks for your time. 🙏❤ https://gofund.me/bd3ccf0b

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