Message from the President - February 2025 RWR

When I opened my annual email from RWA, I was struck by a deeply personal milestone: this month marks my tenth year as a member of Romance Writers of America. In January 2015, I took my first step into this community, not knowing just how significant it would be in my journey as a romance writer. Back then, I had just completed a 200,000-word romantic suspense manuscript and found myself searching the internet for guidance on what to do next.

The Complicated Concept of Pacing

By Timothy Robare
Posted on 3/14/2024

Quick, slow, quick, slow, medium? Pacing may be one of the most complicated concepts in writing. As an author, judging how to pace a story is either natural or very planned. Don’t get pacing and speed mixed up, because pacing is all about the movement of the story, the flow. If the flow or pace is jumbled or not fluid, then it will cause many issues for the reader. Keep in mind that different genres use different flows.