tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post1606972767471693148..comments2024-03-28T06:16:39.508+00:00Comments on Help! I Need a Publisher!: BIG MISTAKE 2: PROBLEMS WITH PACENicola Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12189894289540344094noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-23019505852361883132011-02-03T14:11:49.676+00:002011-02-03T14:11:49.676+00:00Ever since I started reading this blog and came ac...Ever since I started reading this blog and came across a few posts that mentioned pace and included the word "fast", I've felt that I have a problem with my pace. <br /><br />But that's not the main problem. <br /><br />The main problem is that I've no idea how to fix it, as the advice that you gave doesn't seem to apply to my WIP.<br /><br />In four words: I. Am. In. Alexisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-33655159816694863952009-10-27T11:31:24.159+00:002009-10-27T11:31:24.159+00:00I came for the chocolate competition and I'm s...I came for the chocolate competition and I'm staying to learn. There are so many great posts here and I'm having a wonderful time wandering through them.fairyhedgehoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14141089706966852951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-61952109686288502622009-05-28T12:22:05.796+01:002009-05-28T12:22:05.796+01:00Great post (although you never write an un-great o...Great post (although you never write an un-great one). Lack of pace is probably the most glaring fault in work people send me to crit, both in novels and short stories. Allied to this is the inability of some writers to get going. They've learned that they need to write a cracking opening sentence or paragraph but then spoil it all by taking the reader back to what happened that morning or Sally Zigmondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07520579251842006765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-79776403119674728672009-05-27T23:28:41.930+01:002009-05-27T23:28:41.930+01:00Hi Nicola,Has anyone nominated you as a national t...Hi Nicola,<br>Has anyone nominated you as a national treasure? Because you are. And if not, I'll adopt you as an honorary Aussie.<br><br>Another thing to remember, typeset proof pages sometimes have only half the word count of a regular A4 manuscript page. So a 20-page chapter in manuscript form could end up being 40 pages when it becomes a book.Ebony McKenna.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02724727996270658767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-59380370913452402262009-05-27T22:29:16.291+01:002009-05-27T22:29:16.291+01:00Fantastic advice! Thanks!Fantastic advice! Thanks!Kelly H-Yhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07324529762031928328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-50647408469995576302009-05-27T18:19:31.839+01:002009-05-27T18:19:31.839+01:00BARB - you're a wonder and I MUST GO THERE t...BARB - you're a wonder and I MUST GO THERE tomorrow. Who cares about my lists of tasks? (Hope my agent is not reading this ... Shouldn't you be working, Elizabeth?) Thing is, I HAD some purple boots and they died so I really really do need some more. I'd never have thought of Dotty P's either. Thank you!Nicola Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12189894289540344094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-66336068203107353802009-05-27T17:23:30.003+01:002009-05-27T17:23:30.003+01:00A very useful blog, thank you. This came at the ri...A very useful blog, thank you. This came at the right time.<br><br>Also I was shopping over in Blackhall today (for research purposes) and saw the most wonderful bishop purple boots at Dotty P's.Barbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11972925629235261913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-36482611834342960592009-05-27T16:32:29.348+01:002009-05-27T16:32:29.348+01:00As always, a very useful post, thanks! A littel sc...As always, a very useful post, thanks! A littel scary to be clocked for your boots because of a blog...?Helena Halmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02658858373848443540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-63516181547241285322009-05-27T15:31:25.309+01:002009-05-27T15:31:25.309+01:00Yay, for the boots of fame, indeed! But if it coul...Yay, for the boots of fame, indeed! But if it could only be the "books" of fame, how much richer would I be!Nicola Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12189894289540344094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-57989585033938799092009-05-27T14:41:08.705+01:002009-05-27T14:41:08.705+01:00Terrific examples of putting this great lesson int...Terrific examples of putting this great lesson into practice, Nicola, thanks. And yay for the Boots of Fame!Sarah Hilaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03379986260169703599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-83382239585961961052009-05-27T14:25:00.013+01:002009-05-27T14:25:00.013+01:00Thank you for a great post, very relevant to what ...Thank you for a great post, very relevant to what I'm writing at the moment. Thanks!lacerhttp://lacer.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-67491355615260887592009-05-27T12:30:04.324+01:002009-05-27T12:30:04.324+01:00Thanks for these tips. Great series so far; I look...Thanks for these tips. Great series so far; I look forward to reading and learning more. I'm not sure if I count as an <i>already decent writer</i>, but I'll take the free advice anyway :o)Captain Blackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16290852640283747439noreply@blogger.com