/lit/ - Literature

Hi! This question is posed to readers of progression fantasy / web novels / page turny pulp SFF only. I am not writing a literary work currently, I am trying to craft an addictive webnovel. For an ideal of what I am trying to write, consider Cradle, perhaps Stormlight.

My question is regarding the action / other-shit ratio.

I am by nature a more 'literary' writer (not saying I'm any good, just that I favor a writing style and approach that conforms with these genres). I love binging a bit of ^ sometimes in a fit of indulgence, so I have read plenty.

I am 40k into writing. There has been plenty of action so far. For the last 5-10 K I have slowed the rate of action / the density of action chapters. I do this because I genuinely believe that too much action, sustained, is like having too much sugar. The characters and world need to be developed so that the action can fee high consequence.

However, I am also aware that the people who read these things are progression junkies and will get twitchy if I don't give them a tasty morsel fairly regularly. So my question is how you guys suggest I / one navigates this balance, your thoughts and insights regarding it. What are your preferences when reading this type of thing. Do you have any experiencing writing it?

My stories is structured as chapters 2.5k long. It seems silly to have every other chapter be action, but maybe that's necessary? Or maybe that's too much. I can't really tell.

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