The Speed of Story Resources
Tips & tools to help you with story pacing

Thanks for attending my Speed of Story workshop! Here are your free story pacing resources:

Speeds by Jane Alison

This chapter by Jane Alison is part of the inspiration for my Speed of Story workshop. Download the PDF for more insight into how speed affects your story.

Make the Fast Stuff Slow: The Counterintuitive Art of Action Pacing

This blog post dives into:

  • How to decide which scenes need to be faster or slowed down
  • Exactly what to do when you reach a moment in your story that deserves dilation
  • How to recognize the moments in your own writing where you tend to rush too much

Building Reader Capital (And Spending It Wisely)

This blog post is a great companion to Make the Fast Stuff Slow. It’s all about reader capital — the goodwill and attention that readers bring to your story. This post teaches you how to manage attention wisely so readers engage with your story and don’t want to put it down.