Meander, Spiral, Explode

a story’s as much house or garden as song

gap

fastest

no text/much

story time

summary

fast

little text/much

story time

scene

“real time”

text time =

story time

dilation

slow

much text/

little story time

pause

slowest

much text/

no story time

We hear or listen to a narrative, but when we grasp a writer’s total pattern we ‘see’ what he means