Question

What can an author use to speed up the pacing of a story?

A). Flashbacks to events that happened before

B). Clues that foreshadow events that will happen later

C). Adverbs and adjectives to describes events

D). Sentences with direct and simple language

Answer 1

To speed up the pacing of a story, an author can use D. Sentences with direct and simple language. To achieve this, the author can tell the story with little or no extraneous information, he or she can use concrete words and short adjectives and adverbs to describe and use active voice instead of passive voice.

For example, let's look at a long and somewhat complicated sentence in the passive voice:

"Yesterday, the little girl with red hair, who was abandoned, was taken care of Alicia, a lady in the age of 45 years".

The same sentence but with a more direct and simple language:

"Yesterday, a 45-years-old Lady, Alicia, took care of the abandoned, red-head little girl".