Isn't it too fast paced?

zelotwo02

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Below is a chapter of my story:

While Lilliana Beckett was taking it easy at the territory, something grave was happening far off the north.

Current location: 【Navesvichl】

Home of the snow people (Yuki onna/otoko)

*takatakatak!* (Rifle shooting)

*zzzt!* (Megaphone on)

“Everyone Calm down and evacuate calmly”

*zzzt!* (Megaphone off)

*piiiiiii pooooooo* (Siren noises)

“Retreat!! The commander died!! He was killed!! The negotiations broke!!”

“Kyaa!”

“Run!!”

“Don't push me!!”

*Chaos noises*

“Mom are we gonna be okay?”

The little girl asked her parents, she, who was just eleven years old was concerned, even she knew something was wrong because of the surrounding noises and chaos, different from what a normal life would be in Babilis

“Yes my daughter, you will be okay so just follow sir lester and be a good girl”

Her mom said that as she holds her hand dearly, however, that did not help at all, because instead of feeling the warmth of her mother's hand, instead she felt cold, as if her mother was nervous about something

“Yes mom”

Knowing that the situation was not okay at all, she just obediently nodded as to not be a burden to her family

“Madam they are here!”

One of their servant shouted as he slammed the door shut, terror was clearly visible in his eyes, as he used his body to reinforce the door, accepting his unavoidable faith

“Gruaaaaargh!!”

But that attempt was of no use, as the door was busted immediately, flinging the servants on air and falling into the ground

“Lester go now!!”

Fear can be seen in the madam's eyes as she stood up, she wanted to run away but she can't, it's the parents duty to protect their child, her love for her daughter was more powerful than her fear of death.

“My lady let's go now!”

Lester grabbed ahold of the little girl tightly and led her to the secret passage

“I'm your target right?! Come and get me!!!”

The madam's voice became weaker and weaker as time passes

The little girl wanted to say goodbye but she can't, everything was going on too fast, she was clueless of what's happening, not knowing that this will be the last time she will see her beloved mother

“Here my lady we finally got away, don't worry too much I'm sure the madam will be safe–”

“Hey lying to the kid is bad you know?”

Lester tried to assure the little girl but he was interrupted before even finishing

“Who?!”

Above, It was a boy in his early teens maybe 14 or 15, with a snowy white skin and a snowy white hair just like snow people, but he's not one of them, it's evident because of his large black wings and instead of a freezing blue eyes which majority of the snow people have, this guy has a blood red eyes

“Ahh that tunnel was such a pain in the ass!! I can't get inside that thing because of my wings!! luckily the exit was easy to find, so I just waited here!!”

The guy shouted what he did, as if wanting to be praised for his behavior

“Anyways what was I talking about again? Ahh! It's bad to lie in front of the children you know?”

The flying boy said using a tryhard pouty uwu voice, that honestly sounds bad

“What are you saying? My mom is the strongest snow mage of all she won't be defeated...!”

The child then shouted at the boy denying his claims

“What's this then?”

In response the boy showed his left hand that was in his back since he appeared

“...!”

In his hand was the lifeless head of the strongest Ice mage, the madam, and the little kid's mother

“M-mom!!!!!!!!!”

“Madam...”

The kid and her butler's face was filled with despair as their tears trickle down their faces– nay the tear froze before trickling down

“Yes... That face!! Show me more of that!! Show me your despair!! Ahahaha!!! Ahahahahahaha!!!”



What do you think? isn't things going on a little too fast? It's not just that but all aof my story are like that, I don't notice it while writing but after publishing it and reading I'll notice it, any tips to make it more slower? you can also rewrite it in your style and I'll try to learn from it
 

KoyukiMegumi

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Uh, it is certainly unique. Though I don't even know what I just read. There are several issues, though I don't know if it is the pacing of the story or it as a whole. :sweating_profusely:

Multiple long sentences(You don't have to put multiple commas a period would work fine too), tenses issues, and other things I probably don't even know how to correct. This isn't my type of story, sorry. :blob_pat_sad:

One thing I can say is there are better ways to describe sounds to make an impact. Such as static when the megaphone turns off and maybe a buzz when it turns off. Something like... The rapid fire of the rifle left everyone with a ring in their ears.
 

MissPaige36

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Below is a chapter of my story:

While Lilliana Beckett was taking it easy at the territory, something grave was happening far off the north.

Current location: 【Navesvichl】

Home of the snow people (Yuki onna/otoko)

*takatakatak!* (Rifle shooting)

*zzzt!* (Megaphone on)

“Everyone Calm down and evacuate calmly”

*zzzt!* (Megaphone off)

*piiiiiii pooooooo* (Siren noises)

“Retreat!! The commander died!! He was killed!! The negotiations broke!!”

“Kyaa!”

“Run!!”

“Don't push me!!”

*Chaos noises*

“Mom are we gonna be okay?”

The little girl asked her parents, she, who was just eleven years old was concerned, even she knew something was wrong because of the surrounding noises and chaos, different from what a normal life would be in Babilis

“Yes my daughter, you will be okay so just follow sir lester and be a good girl”

Her mom said that as she holds her hand dearly, however, that did not help at all, because instead of feeling the warmth of her mother's hand, instead she felt cold, as if her mother was nervous about something

“Yes mom”

Knowing that the situation was not okay at all, she just obediently nodded as to not be a burden to her family

“Madam they are here!”

One of their servant shouted as he slammed the door shut, terror was clearly visible in his eyes, as he used his body to reinforce the door, accepting his unavoidable faith

“Gruaaaaargh!!”

But that attempt was of no use, as the door was busted immediately, flinging the servants on air and falling into the ground

“Lester go now!!”

Fear can be seen in the madam's eyes as she stood up, she wanted to run away but she can't, it's the parents duty to protect their child, her love for her daughter was more powerful than her fear of death.

“My lady let's go now!”

Lester grabbed ahold of the little girl tightly and led her to the secret passage

“I'm your target right?! Come and get me!!!”

The madam's voice became weaker and weaker as time passes

The little girl wanted to say goodbye but she can't, everything was going on too fast, she was clueless of what's happening, not knowing that this will be the last time she will see her beloved mother

“Here my lady we finally got away, don't worry too much I'm sure the madam will be safe–”

“Hey lying to the kid is bad you know?”

Lester tried to assure the little girl but he was interrupted before even finishing

“Who?!”

Above, It was a boy in his early teens maybe 14 or 15, with a snowy white skin and a snowy white hair just like snow people, but he's not one of them, it's evident because of his large black wings and instead of a freezing blue eyes which majority of the snow people have, this guy has a blood red eyes

“Ahh that tunnel was such a pain in the ass!! I can't get inside that thing because of my wings!! luckily the exit was easy to find, so I just waited here!!”

The guy shouted what he did, as if wanting to be praised for his behavior

“Anyways what was I talking about again? Ahh! It's bad to lie in front of the children you know?”

The flying boy said using a tryhard pouty uwu voice, that honestly sounds bad

“What are you saying? My mom is the strongest snow mage of all she won't be defeated...!”

The child then shouted at the boy denying his claims

“What's this then?”

In response the boy showed his left hand that was in his back since he appeared

“...!”

In his hand was the lifeless head of the strongest Ice mage, the madam, and the little kid's mother

“M-mom!!!!!!!!!”

“Madam...”

The kid and her butler's face was filled with despair as their tears trickle down their faces– nay the tear froze before trickling down

“Yes... That face!! Show me more of that!! Show me your despair!! Ahahaha!!! Ahahahahahaha!!!”



What do you think? isn't things going on a little too fast? It's not just that but all aof my story are like that, I don't notice it while writing but after publishing it and reading I'll notice it, any tips to make it more slower? you can also rewrite it in your style and I'll try to learn from it
Like miss kitty from above me stated, I don’t think pacing is the issue… It can be better. Maybe make the dialogue better so we understand the impact? It’s a little all over the place.

Also, how come you say the sound instead of describing it? That’d make the sentence flow far better. if you want good advice, copy a few chapters from your favorite novel or book with a writing style you want, and analyze it. t
 

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Like miss kitty from above me stated, I don’t think pacing is the issue… It can be better. Maybe make the dialogue better so we understand the impact? It’s a little all over the place.

Also, how come you say the sound instead of describing it? That’d make the sentence flow far better. if you want good advice, copy a few chapters from your favorite novel or book with a writing style you want, and analyze it. t

Yes, like MissPaige said. Describing the sound would provide you the immersive atmosphere you need. Just using an onomonopia (A word that represents a sound) tends to actually do the opposite, dragging your reader out of the immersion and making the scene feel shallow. One onomonopia per 500 words or so tends to be alright, but if you use them repeatedly then people just start getting annoyed.

Instead of saying "Zzzzt." Say something like "An electronic din of soft buzzing could be heard over the gunfire as the ancient intercom system flickered to life. It gave a droning announcement, the monotone and unhurried voice of the speaker told everyone to remain calm and evacuate calmly, all the while people were dying in a hail of gunfire right in front of *character's* eyes."

See? It doesn't just help with the pacing issue you are concerned about. It also adds a lot of detail to help set the reader into the scene.

Also, I would say you have to delete ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING that you have (bracketed in parentheses) up there. You are using these to come right out and say the things that you are doing a horrible job of explaining via more immersive writing techniques. This is very much not good, and needs to be corrected on both levels. Find a different way to say those things without coming right out and saying it like that. It will probably take you hundreds of more words to explain properly, but that's a good thing.
 

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I like it. This type of writing is unique. It resembles a screenplay which keep things moving constantly.

Just like any other unorthodox things, there are people who just love it, or really hate it. It depends on the taste and what they’re familiar with.

As for me, I love this type of writing. When I read I usually visualize the scenes and sounds in my head in great details, so just a few guide-words like these are fine.

As for the pacing. It also depends on the taste of the reader. Some like more slow and steady pace, some like fast pace, but for me, I like it. Fast pace like this is good, especially in an exciting scene such as this one.

Though, one thing in mind. Fast pace and rushing aren’t the same things. You can make it fast pace but you SHOULD NOT rush it.

But, your work is fine. It doesn’t feel rush to me, so it’s all good.
 
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