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Last post I discussed ways fiction writers can manipulate time. Meaning, give the illusion that, for the POV character (and for the reader), time seems to be speeding up or dragging. Writers can skillfully manipulate time in many ways, even creating skewed time (which we’ll explore in the next post).

Writers can utilize cinematic technique when it comes to conveying the sense of time passing. In films, it’s much easier to visually portray time movement. A few camera tricks, such as fast-forwarding film or slowing it down, clearly conveys that.

But it’s a little trickier for writers to create the same effect using only words on a page.

So how can a writer give a sense of time speeding up?

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