Join me today for a free workshop: The Speed of Story: How Pacing Keeps Readers Turning Pages.
It’s free to attend and open to all. Here’s what I’ll be covering:
The difference between a story that pulls readers forward and one that loses them isn’t plot — it’s pace. In this workshop, writing coach and author Seth Harwood draws on Jane Alison’s Meander, Spiral, Explode to explore the variety of speeds available to fiction writers: when to slow down and linger, when to compress and skip, and how to read your own work to find where the pace is working and where it isn’t.
Through examples and hands-on exercises, you’ll learn to recognize the difference between scene, summary, and gap — and how to use each one intentionally to build momentum, deepen character, and keep your reader fully engaged. Whether you’re drafting or revising, this session will give you practical tools to make your story move.
This session is part of Novel Summer Camp from ProWritingAid. It runs from July 13—August 7.
When you sign up, you get free access to my workshop, as well as the rest of NovCamp, including:
- Educational Webinars from Camp Counselors — writing craft, genre technique, and professional development
- Daily Writing Sprints to build momentum every day
- Cabin Groups — small, matched cohorts for accountability and friendship
- Campfire Story Circles — weekly showcases to share and celebrate your work
- S’mores Social Hours — casual, pressure-free community hangouts
It’s all free. Come as you are, write what you want.
Join NovCamp here: https://prowritingaid.com/novel-camp
See you there!
