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This is a video transcript about pacing in writing, which is the speed of experience of events for the reader. The speaker covers various techniques and factors that affect pacing, such as sentence structure, tension, subtext, world building, subplots and genre. The speaker also gives examples from different books and genres to illustrate his points. The speaker ends by thanking his audience and inviting them to support his channel and follow him on social media.
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- The text is a transcript of a video about pacing in fiction writing by the YouTube channel Hello Future Me.
- The video covers different aspects of pacing, such as scene-level techniques, core narrative, tension, subplots, subtext, world building and genre.
- The video gives examples from various books and games to illustrate the concepts of pacing.
- The video provides seven main points to summarize the advice on pacing:
1. You can alter the pacing on a scene by scene level using sentence structure, word choice, action reaction framing and other techniques like cliffhangers, introspection and removing filter words.
2. High tension does not necessarily mean using fast paced techniques, however it's effective to stretch the tension like this only a few times to highlight important moments.
3. The side quest problem arises when plot obstacles have no narrative reason to exist, halting the pacing of the core narrative entirely. Consider whether an obstacle fundamentally alters the ending, develops your MC or reveals part of a mystery to the reader as well as the ratio between page time and how big of a step this really is towards the big thing.
4. A subplot complicates the main plot, supporting fast pacing by adding tension or slow pacing by adding emotional moments, while a side quest halts the pacing of the core narrative entirely.
5. Subtext enriches the reader's experience by accelerating the pace because the reader is continually following implicit points of intrigue and investigating the text.
6. World building segways work when they support the pacing through underpinning emotional beats. Segways that interrupt the pacing are often because authors don't trust their audience enough or they haven't made it clear enough.
7. Good pacing is also dependent on genre, with action or thrillers leaning fast and contemporary young adult leaning slow. Know your audience.