Dramatic Pause Vs. Inaction
by morgan on Dec.22, 2009, under Patrick Lee
Patrick, you had me at baseball. Sticking with your metaphor, what do you say to the fan who finds baseball’s built-in dramatic pauses to be boring moments of in-action? At what point does a dramatic pause stop being dramatic and start being drawn out too long? How much suspense is too much?
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