We all know what the plot of the story is and we know we should pay attention to the pacing, but sometimes pacing isn't our focus or how to pace optimally isn't clear.
What helped me to keep pacing's part in plot on my mind is to think of the story as a road trip or an adventure. I read something like that somewhere and recently in my rewrite of Hada ,I've been searching for the most effective way to pace her story. Anyway, getting back to the trip idea...
Plot is the road map of our story, and pacing is the characters' movement on that road.
If the characters get bogged down in a back story ditch or a too-long-dialogue bump or a description boulder on the highway, readers might put the book down and might not pick it up again.
To keep those pages turning, we can lead the reader up hills, through the forest, and all the way to Grandmother's house with good pacing.
Take a look at your work-in-progress (WIP) and think about pacing. What makes pacing successful?
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