You put away the novel you had just finished in your backpack."There's a sort of finesse about writing a good story," you idly ponder atop your ambling mount. It lets out a decidedly ambiguous sound before your internal monologue continues, "Like, take pacing for instance. The amount of words devoted to a single object or event can scale up or play down its importance. A bad writer will simply confuse the reader, but good writer might use it to emphasize certain themes, tones, and moods, or even create a red h--Ooooph," you groan, wind knocked out of you. You have hit your head on a branch you did not see and are now lying on your back.
"Dud