Cathy Haglington (@cathyhaglington.bsky.social)

If a scene is only a page or two long, the reader spends most of their time orienting and very little time inside the scene. The ratio of setup to payoff is off. They’re doing more work for less reward. Seth Harwood explains how you can give the reader time to settle in and better enjoy the story.

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How Often Can You Ask Your Reader to Jump? | Jane Friedman Transitioning away too often—to a flashback or a new scene—risks losing the depth of storytelling that readers get from living inside a scene. https://janefriedman.com/how-often-can-you-ask-your-reader-to-jump/