A favored aphorism of my favorite basketball team (Miami Heat) and its coach. Essentially, it means control the pace of the game and create enough space for the players on the floor (on offense) so that they can have enough room to do their best.
Likewise, I'm watching -- rather than reading exactly -- stories and books to see how they do this. One, a big ol' recent bestseller, did a great job of this at the start but now feels like it's giving too much space and not enough pace (action). Other, smaller-scale fiction I've seen has too much pace and no space, so I don't care about the actors.
So as always, it's a balance. The question I have for myself it, will I be able to see that in my own work, and make space for the pace? Time will tell.
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