Story pacing in different genres

Slow it down, speed it up

I’m writing my fourth book at the moment and it’s not going the way I expected. To be specific: it’s taking its time. The pacing of Tales from the Triverse feel very different - much slower - than the fiction projects I’ve worked on before and I’ve been trying to pin down what’s going on.

My suspicion is that this is due to it having a foot in the crime genre, whereas my previous projects have all been firmly science fiction or fantasy. I’m also aiming at a slightly older readership. Let’s take a look at genre first.