Fast-paced or slow-paced?

[Katsuya]

To be honest, fast. Slow can be annoying sometimes. Fast can be confusing, I guess sometimes, but still. It's more enjoyable to read.

 

[PeacefulMyst]

fast-paced

 

[Zirrboy]

 

[Representing_Tromba]

A mix of both. If the story is too fast paced then it feels rushed and everything happens way to quickly. If it's too slow then it gets boring and stale. Mushoku Tensei and the Lord of the Rings are perfect examples of a story that uses the slower pace to world build and expand on the characters but it's not slow enough to make you bored. Everything happens fast enough to entertain the readers enough to make them want to continue. It is what I strive for in all my stories.

 

[SternenklarenRitter]

I prefer slow stories. Slower than molasses, slower than Venus rotation, even as slow as the decay of potassium-40 (which has a half-life of roughly 1.25 billion years). I tend not to care much about plot, so stories that have a lot of character development and world building, endless tangential side quests, mini-arcs dedicated to minor side characters, aimless wandering between towns... These are my favorites. For example, the protagonist in Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear just sorta wanders back and forth, defeating each town's monster of the week and occasionally winning the undying love of Kings and Lolis with her confectionary prowess, but nothing really changes about her or the world in general. I find it delightful to see her in new unique locations making new friends and solving most problems with either pudding or brute force. Our own Raven's Dagger's "Cinnamon Bun" is actually on the fast end of my preferred pacing.

 

[BlackKnightX]

I prefer slow stories. Slower than molasses, slower than Venus rotation, even as slow as the decay of potassium-40 (which has a half-life of roughly 1.25 billion years). I tend not to care much about plot, so stories that have a lot of character development and world building, endless tangential side quests, mini-arcs dedicated to minor side characters, aimless wandering between towns... These are my favorites. For example, the protagonist in Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear just sorta wanders back and forth, defeating each town's monster of the week and occasionally winning the undying love of Kings and Lolis with her confectionary prowess, but nothing really changes about her or the world in general. I find it delightful to see her in new unique locations making new friends and solving most problems with either pudding or brute force. Our own Raven's Dagger's "Cinnamon Bun" is actually on the fast end of my preferred pacing.

I love everything you’ve described (especially Kuma Kuma Bear), but I don’t really see them as slow-paced. Maybe I really enjoy them, so my perception of time kind of changes depending on that.

When something is considered slow-paced, for me, it’s because the story meanders into something I practically give no shit about—put simply: the story that’s boring me to death. So, yeah, I’m pretty biased when it comes to the perception of time.

 

[PancakesWitch]

I haven't read any of your stories, nor do I know what you mean by "correctly", so take this as general opinion, nothing more.

"It's a big event, so of course it has to be grand and extensive" certainly isn't wrong, I've seen quite a few arc endings cut short despite lengthy buildup that made it feel like whatever was gained came too cheaply because the author wanted to move on.

On the other hand you also need to keep in mind that even if it feels necessary to you, this might not hold true for the readers.

Say you have a fight between two strong and versatile warriors. It would be very reasonable for the tides of battle to change multiple times as they continue to adapt to their opponent.
But if that's implemented by them alternating powerups in "this isn't even my final form" fashion, it starts to feel pointless, since any advantage gained through immediate effort will lose it's effect a few paragraphs later.

Which gets worse if you split it into chapters. If your big event has only one important part, it should be one chapter. If you make it more, each has to be entertaining as the last you'll read in a while.

TLDR Look at your own feet to check whether they have a point, then blame them for wanting to push their climax junkie narrative on you
Or don't

well, when the climax was ten chapters of 1k words each, i dont really find it all that extensive as you said. Also I dislike posting one massive chapter, feels like a waste, especially on this site that favours daily updates. Also I love to hook people with cliffhangers so their complains were those. And because of that, they were pretty much entertained through the entire fight if they were at the edge of their seat. They just want a conclsuion as fast as possible because they dislike to wait

 

[Zirrboy]

well, when the climax was ten chapters of 1k words each, i dont really find it all that extensive as you said. Also I dislike posting one massive chapter, feels like a waste, especially on this site that favours daily updates. Also I love to hook people with cliffhangers so their complains were those. And because of that, they were pretty much entertained through the entire fight if they were at the edge of their seat. They just want a conclsuion as fast as possible because they dislike to wait

As before, didn't read, so take with a grain of salt, but from "ten chapters strung together by cliffhngers" alone I lean more towards agreeing with the complaint than I did before.

Your thing in any case and from a cursory glance none of your stories seem to have suffered much.

 

[RepresentingWrath]

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I didn't go through the whole thread. Are there only two people who prefer slow-paced?

 

[Zirrboy]

I didn't go through the whole thread. Are there only two people who prefer slow-paced?

Not anymore.
And I left out anyone who didn't have a definitive answer in the first or last sentence.

 

[RICHIESPIDER505]

Which one do you prefer: a fast-paced story or a slow-paced story?

I know there’s no definite answer to this question because it’s more like a spectrum. If the story moves too fast, it may risk being shallow and exhaust you; if the story moves too slow, it runs a huge risk of boring you to death, makes you lose interest, and never come back to read it again. So, a balance is always ideal.

But like I said, it’s more like a spectrum and also depends on a story. But just for fun, which end of the spectrum do you lean toward more than the other?

For me, I prefer more of a fast-paced story—a story that’s constantly moving (it may stop from time to time to give out details and some important expositions, but overall it just keeps advancing forward).

What about you? Which side of the spectrum do you lean toward more?

It depends on the story mostly but like in between fast and slow paced Fast paced story is mostly action packed mostly the time slow paced is mostly is Source of life and last in is between fast and slow paced mostly flexible is depends on the story and and what author planing to me