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Tips on Pacing

We, as creators, seek that hook that gets the readers invested and keeps them that way. Nothing does that better than tension. There are all kinds, but it often occurs between characters. The "do they like me" of romance, the interruptions of erotica, the intense adversary from an unknown opponent, or the whodunits of mystery; Tension comes in all shapes and sizes, but it boils down to one thing, leaving the readers holding their breath in anticipation of the next page.

A large part of the creative process is figuring out how to create that tension without leaving the readers wanting to quit out of frustration or confusion. I would like to say there is a correct way to pace things, but it depends entirely on the story and situation.

Action scenes, for example, move very quickly, whereas a scene with a lot of dialogue will move at a snail’s pace. A spicy scene will emulate real life, moving slowly at first and increase its pace. A dramatic scene can be either fast or slow, depending on what it contains.

There are the peaceful scenes that do not move the same as any other kind of scene, showing the contentment of characters, the sun setting, or moving from one place to another. In writing or showing these scenes in a comic, it will go very quickly but the reader will perceive them as slow.

Showing a car ride, or a cooking scene allows characters to reflect on what has been happening and offers character development, but it does not have that tension at all. Still, adding those scenes is like adding bread to your butter. Now, everyone has their own tastes, but I would find it very odd to find someone who would consume just butter, especially if it was unsalted. Adding those peaceful scenes makes the ones that aren’t, all the more impactful, to both your readers and your characters.

The calm before the storm does wonders in storytelling, but the one thing you want to avoid is spending too much time in that calm. An example of this would be The Hobbit. Now, I love The Hobbit. It’s a classic hero’s journey, with a deep world build and rich characters, but parts of it are unnecessarily wordy. There is a page that describes the moss on the trees in such detail that you can taste it, which shows Tolkien’s skills as a wordsmith, but it was ultimately padding.

waits for the rage. Padding; words that don’t move your plot forward and only add to your word/panel count. Padding or filler should not be confused with peaceful scenes. Peaceful scenes will add to your story, padding will not. The literary world has changed a lot since Tolkien wrote The Hobbit, and we can see that evident in modern literature by the fact that there would hardly be a mention of trees at all, let alone the moss that grows upon them.

The next subject of pacing is sentence variation and flow. Now, flow is a tricky subject, and is not often resolved during the initial draft. When I am editing, things will sometimes be in the wrong order and disrupt flow. When flow is off, tension wanes, and when tension wanes, readers will lose interest. There may be entire scenes that I think don’t work where they are, but rather than delete those scenes, I find a place where they fit better. Perhaps that place is earlier, perhaps it is later. If you thought that scene was necessary when you wrote it, perhaps there is a proper place for it.

In A Galactic Star, the episode titled Repercussions, was supposed to happen right before the climax. I moved it up to allow the reader to understand Chrome’s hesitations between him and Neon.

Even in comics, you aren’t going to necessarily catch things after you just completed them. Many indie creators will recommend a space between writing the initial draft and editing it. The amount of time varies per person, but it is suggested to at least give it a day. The reason is because of the completion high; You just created this thing and in your mind it is amazing and awesome, not seeing the mistakes that are there. I feel as though editing is like polishing a stone; Every stone, no matter how grey or plain in appearance, can be polished into a stunning masterpiece if given enough time.

The editing process has multiple phases, the first is checking for spelling and grammar mistakes, and the second is checking the sentence structure for flow. Example: The loud dog barked. Vs. The dog barked loudly. The first is grammatically correct but makes you pause to process, whereas the second will allow you to move on to the next sentence without that stop.

Flow is a key component in pacing, which is a key component in tension, which keeps your readers engaged. As a potential reader of your story, I hope this will help you to bring it to life.

*Yvonne writing*

Penelope: Hey Yvee! What are you writing?

Yvonne: A fanfic!

Penelope: Oh? About what?

Yvonne: You and Callisto, and the genre is romance

Penelope: wait- what?

Yvonne: Yeah, he commissioned me, I’m getting paid

Callisto: I told you to keep it a secret!

Iconic Manhwa Meet-Cutes!! (Part 1?)

Chose them specifically because they make me giggle

We have

-Who Made Me A Princess

Athy: cursing Lucas as she falls down

Kiel: Angel??

-The Remarried Empress

a fucking bird with a hangover

-Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint

-Villains Are Destined To Die

Yoo Joonghyuk and Callisto going for the neck

✨Royal vibe✨

PenelopexCallisto fanarts part2

(Also known as 칼리페페)

(Penelope begging Callisto not to die / Callisto begging Penelope not to die)

Artist: @apprii98

Artist: @JyuutSpice

Artist: @_nemunm

Artist: @gug_di17

Artist: @_doOwOob_do

Clothing I would like to see Callisto in part. 1

we need to see him in other clothes than his uniform

Doodle If Callisto follows Siyeon to the modern world AU

No because- it’s them.

AU- Callisto follows Siyeon to Korea

throwing ideas back and forth with @sakihime02 helps get brain juice flowing for ditoeftv/vadd

Through the bullshit that is the game system, when Callisto follows Siyeon back, he has identification and other basic necessary stuff(I'm lazy k)

Anyways, Siyeon tracks Callisto down after she recovers in the hospital and they move in together

Sidenote, he looked at her original run-down apartment and had to be held back from going over and killing her first brother

Sadly, no murders happened, and out of guilt Siyeon's dad provides her with a bank account with monthly deposits of money and a luxurious penthouse apartment

Siyeon shows everyone just how driven she can be when she tears through the coursework that she missed when she was in a coma due to her stomach cancer and being thrown into the game, graduating early with flying colors

At the same time, she teaches Callisto about the modern world

Like Siyeon, Callisto has a natural drive to be good at everything, which stems from his time as Crown Prince

So he gets adjusted to modern life pretty quick, but ngl he misses Eorka sometimes because then he could kill whoever looked at Siyeon with lustful eyes

Anyways, Siyeon travels around doing archaeology, Callisto basically hitching a ride and getting to travel with his beautiful girlfriend around the world

Years later, they come back to Korea and settle down, Siyeon becoming an archaeology professor

Callisto's a househusband and a damn good one at that

Let's be honest. If he wanted to, he could've been a supermodel, he had enough scouts approaching him

But he didn't want to leave Siyeon, so he stuck onto her like a tick LMAO

When the two go shopping, heads turn at their collective beauty

They usually get stopped for streetwear photography accounts

Callisto runs a popular Instagram account filled with pictures of their trips, Siyeon being focused on her work, couple outfits and pictures, Siyeon waving back at the camera-

Later on, there are a lot of pictures of Judith

On a side note, when he played "The Lady's Love Project" he was super frustrated and basically spent nights hugging and kissing Siyeon after he chose his own route in hard mode, or when the player succeeded Callisto's route and Penelope died

Ok so when Judith is born, Siyeon begrudgingly lets her family come see Judith

Her dad cried, and her brothers are awkward but trying to do their best(better than Derrick)

Anyways, Callisto is super smitten with their little bundle of joy

He's the one who usually wakes up in the middle of the night to soothe Judith back to sleep, patting her back and telling her stories

As she babbles back at him

Because Siyeon usually has long hours working and lecturing, she comes back exhausted most of the time

So she's tired, but plays with Judith and basically has mother-daughter bonding time in the evenings and early mornings

Callisto is the gold-standard papa y'all

He tries to hold onto some reminder of Eorka in his modern life

Like, for example, he commissioned a jeweler to recreate his mother's keepsake, the pendant Penelope gave him, and has a replica of the cufflinks she gave him

He also incorporates some of Eorkan fashion into Judith's clothing, because "our princess should look like a princess"

Callisto: Looks at Korean children's fashion "psh I can do much better"

He learns how to sew and basically makes/modifies most if not all of Judith's clothing

He made a bunch of clothes for Siyeon, too

The tiny family matches

They rescued a dog a little before Judith was born when they first settled back down in Korea

Big floofy dog, very gentle :D head empty no thoughts

Callisto definitely learned how to do Judith's hair

Ok so- once Siyeon was in a rush to get to a lecture and forgot the lunch that he made for her

So Callisto bundles up Judith, gets the lunchbox, and drives all the way to her university

*He's a car person but goes for safety when driving with Siyeon and Judith

Callisto arrives looking like a goddamn SNACK with his white trenchcoat, black slacks, burgundy sweater, and swept-up blond hair- MMPH

He has Judith balanced on one hip with a bag slung over another, holding Siyeon's lunch

"Hi I'm looking for Cha Siyeon?"

"She's in a class right now, can I get a name and reason for visiting?"

"Callisto(or whatever Korean name he gets), her husband. She forgot something at home"

The receptionist sends a message to Siyeon and cooes over a sleepy Judith, who's still incoherently whining quietly and burying her head into Callisto's chest

Siyeon's like "let them in" and so they get in

He gets to her classroom and opens the door, it's a period for their class to go over their research projects and discuss with partners, so that's why she lets them into the classroom, otherwise she'd just have him drop off the lunch with the front desk

"You forgot your lunch, love," as he plonks down the lunchbox and kisses her cheek

The students are squealing, even more as Judith yawns and rubs her eyes sleepily

"Mama!" Judith stretches her arms out as Siyeon scoops up her daughter, kissing her forehead. "Look, look! Daddy helped do my hair today!" Even more awws from the crowd of students

"This is a new dress, did daddy make it for you?" Her voice is soft but still could be heard by all of the students

"mhm!! look, look, we match now! Daddy let me choose the lace!" Pastel purple outfits, because Siyeon's outfit in the manhwa was basically a pastel purple shirt and white pants

Instant KO for the students

The female students are all crowding around like "PROFESSOR WHERE DID YOU GET A GUY LIKE HIM"

the guys are like "goddamnit why's he so perfect"

Soon enough the two became known as the "perfect couple", cemented by the fact that someone caught Callisto calling Siyeon "my darling empress" tenderly

Siyeon has him come in for a demonstration when she's doing a unit on weaponry found in archaeology, and how to look for specific wear and tear on weapons

Callisto is just happy he gets to use a sword and other weapons again

Judith is like giggling and clapping her hands in Siyeon's lap "again! again, servant emperor!"

— How they kiss you [ Part 1 ]

Character(s): KRS Cale Henituse, Choi Han, Callisto Regulus

TW: None

Notes: Gender neutral MC || It's way too early for me to be thinking about this it's 1pm but I woke up like 2 hours ago so it's fine for me to say it's early but here we are

KRS Cale

Honestly, 99% of the time, his kisses are quite soft and lazy but not really short. He likes to take his time kissing you and doesn't really like feeling like he needs to rush with you so he's not too forceful

It's not a brush of the lips but you're not going to be kissed breathless unless you're the one that decides to go that far but that's up to you

When he kisses you, he prefers it to last and will want to hold you to keep you in place so he can kiss you but probably won't unless he's feeling really clingy or has really missed your affection

He's not the one to initiate kisses because he knows just how vulnerable he feels when he kisses you because he has never felt so warm and comfortable before and is still unused to it and maybe never will be 100% used to it but he's going to be the one to keep kissing you

Sometimes there are paused between when you kiss each other again where the two of you kind of both have your eyes closed and he'll kiss your forehead and mumble something that you never quite catch before he kisses you again, soft and slow like always

His kisses are warm and familiar, like a hot drink on a cold day while you're bundled up in blankets because he's so gentle and slow with you and it really does make you feel like you're on a cloud

Choi Han

He's a little confused but he's got the spirit

His kisses start off quite clumsy but really soft, just pecks at the beginning. He's never really kissed anyone before so you have to cut him some slack but he's trying

He spends a lot of the time kissing you trying to find out what you like and don't like but his kisses come to be quite quick and playful most of the time

Lips quickly pressed together with the ghosting of his tongue over your lips before he's pulling away again and then coming in to kiss you once more

He's a little shy with that kind of affection so you'll have to be the one taking the lead most of the time

He's so gentle when he kisses you whether it be when he quickly pressed his lips to yours of his own initiation or when you have to bring him in for a slower kiss and his breath kind of catches in his throat before he hesitantly puts his hands on your waist

Even when you initiate the kisses, they still end up kind of short to start with. It's like there's a build up where he becomes a little more confident

His lips are still so sweetly soft against yours but he's holding you a little closer and his hands are caressing your cheeks, mindlessly tracing your features as he kind of gets lost in the feeling of your lips on his

Callisto

Aha, gentle who? Oh no, honey, not him

Callisto tries to be gentle and manages for a couple seconds, lips soft and barely there against yours at times when he just needs your warmth for a moment, before he completely loses himself in his feelings for you

His kisses are passionate and sensual because he feels so deeply for you and his words often aren't enough to portray it because he still sometimes struggles with voicing his love for you so he does what he does best and talks through his actions

There's a a sureness in his actions that reflects his strategic planning for dire situations and he knows exactly what he's doing, exactly what to do to have you coming back to him and leave you breathless because he wants to know that you won't leave

He's teasing with nips at your bottom lip and the brush of his tongue and it has you letting out a little huff as he pulls away and you just know that once you open your eyes he's going to have that same smug smirk that he always does as he looks over your face, eyes trained on your lips

It's almost desperate at times when he kisses you, the feeling of your lips on his and the sight of then slightly swollen because of him reassuring him as much as the hand that he always uses to keep a hold on your hips that you're his

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Write the story of a young child being named the next ruler of their Kingdom, despite not having any royal blood or being raised in a royal household.