February 1 - 29, 2012
"Pacing: How to Create a Page-Turning Manuscript"
by Mary Buckham
What keeps a book intriguing enough to have fans turn the pages and not set it down? How can one author’s books have you riveted and another’s leave you feeling ho-hum? Ever wondered if there are key craft tips and techniques to balance fast-paced conflict, tension, suspense or mystery, action and emotion? In PACING: HOW TO CREATE A PAGE-TURNING MANUSCRIPT you’ll learn:
The ingredients of a page turner
What hooks are and how to maximize them
The power of effective scenes; common pacing pitfalls to avoid
The ten elements of strong pacing
How to use subplots and secondary characters
How to avoid a sagging middle
What a beat is and how to use it
Great beginnings & endings that have your readers wanting more
Mary Buckham is co-author of BREAK INTO FICTION: 11 Steps to Building a Story That Sells and an award-winning Romantic Suspense author. She has hundreds of free-lance articles to her credit, a non-fiction book and is a former Magazine Editor. Currently she is a national writing-workshop presenter both on-line and at Conferences and wherever writers meet around the country. Mary encourages you to visit her website at www.MaryBuckham.com for more information about her and her current writing projects or www.BreakIntoFiction.com for more information about her Break Into Fiction™ book.
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