Category: Pacing

by Mikhaeyla Kopievsky December 19, 2023 0

The Dreaded Slow-Down: When story momentum fails you

by Mikhaeyla Kopievsky As some of you may know, I am on the home stretch of finishing the first draftContinue Reading

by Mikhaeyla Kopievsky January 24, 2019 3

Better Writing Pacing Story Structure Writing

Energising your plot – working with narrative energy to improve pacing

by Mikhaeyla Kopievsky I’m in the second act doldrums of my current WIP (but not for long, because the break intoContinue Reading

by Mikhaeyla Kopievsky January 27, 2015 2

Pacing Writing

And then… No ‘and then’!

by Mikhaeyla Kopievsky In my last post, I wrote about books equalling stories about stuff happening. It’s all about the action,Continue Reading

Mikhaeyla Kopievsky is an Australian speculative fiction author. She is the author of the Divided Elements series and Tasmanian Gothic, both of which were semi-finalists in Hugh Howey’s SPSF Competition. Her short stories have been shortlisted for the 2024 Aurealis Awards, longlisted for the 2024 Commonwealth Short Story Prize and 2019 EJ Brady Short Story Competition, and published in Unchartered, Etherea Magazine, and indie anthologies.

Born in Sydney, Mikhaeyla now lives in the Hunter Valley with her husband, son, two rescue dogs, four Australorp chooks, a hive of cantankerous bees, and the occasional herd of beautiful Black Angus steers.

When she is not writing or reading, Mikhaeyla enjoys cooking with the produce harvested from her kitchen garden, going to the beach, stargazing, and training to be a ninja.

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