Joshua Kronengold

Looking forward to it!

Actually, I think it points out an interesting aspect of pacing—that the percieved pacing of a story (ranging from "slow moving" to "energetic" to "fast paced") only has a marginal relationship to the brevity or density of said story. In fact, there are threee things there.

The first is how fast things are moving within the fictional chronology.

The second is a certain type of impression left on the reader -- the impression of speed.

The third is, of course, the density of the story -- how much is happening based on the amount of text.

For example, certain added descriptions can increase the first two (when used in moderation), but as additions, decrease the third.