Critique the Pacing of Your Novel

You can feel the pacing is off but you're too close to see where. This maps the novel's energy across its three acts to spot the sags and the rushes, then drops to scene level to show what's slowing things down. For novelists who sense the rhythm is wrong and need it pinned down.

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You have drafted a novel and sense that the pacing is uneven, but you are too close to the work to identify exactly where and why. You want a detailed pacing critique.
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**Critique the novel's pacing across four dimensions:**
1. Act-level rhythm: map the approximate shape of the novel's energy across its three acts. Where does it sag or rush?
2. Scene-level pacing: identify two or three scenes that are too long and two or three that are too short, with reasons
3. Information release: is exposition (world-building, backstory, character history) dumped early or woven through? Where does it slow the reader down?
4. Climax and resolution: does the pacing accelerate appropriately into the climax, and does the resolution breathe enough without outstaying its welcome?
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- A pacing map: a rough energy curve across the novel with annotations
- Specific scenes to cut, expand, or restructure
- A priority order for pacing revisions
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