Fifteen minutes long, because you're in a hurry, and we're not that smart.

12.14: Controlling Pacing with Structure

Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary, Dan, and Howard

Let’s talk about the structural tools we use to control pacing. These include sentence length and punctuation.

Also, white-space.

Liner note: Here is the Feb 12, 2017 Schlock Mercenary strip mentioned around the 18-minute mark.

Credits: this episode was recorded in Cosmere House Studios by Dan Dan the Audioman Thompson, and mastered aboard a fleeing generation-ship by Alex Jackson.

Homework: Change up a piece of fiction of yours by changing the length of paragraphs and sentences.

Thing of the week: Tea & Jeopardy: A GeekPlanetOnline Community Podcast, by Emma Newman and Peter Newman.

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