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title: Pacing Review
category: Story Health
tags: story health, pacing, revision
contextKey: storyHealth.pacingReview
micro: Find sustained metric runs that may affect pacing.
quickTitle: Pacing review
quickSummary: Pacing Review highlights repeated high or low metric patterns that may deserve revision attention.
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# Overview

Pacing Review looks for sustained runs in scene metrics. It helps identify sections that may feel too flat, too intense or too similar for too long.

# When Should I Use This?

Use it when readers may need relief, escalation, contrast or a clearer rhythm.

# How To Use It

Read the note, open the relevant scene range and decide whether the pattern is intentional.

# Example

Three high-tension scenes in a row might be thrilling, or exhausting if none of them changes the story.

# Writer Tip

Pacing is contrast plus consequence.

# Common Mistakes

- Lowering intensity just because a run is long.
- Ignoring a flat run that was not intended.
- Forgetting quiet scenes can still be powerful.

# Related Guides

- [Story Health](/Help/Article/storyHealth.overview)
- [Scene Metrics](/Help/Article/sceneMetrics.overview)