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2022.01.28 – 0393 – Pauses: An Introduction

 

PAUSES

The huge majority of this book is about noise and sound. From how words are written to how they are uttered … their volume, intensity, pitch and pace.

 

But now we’re going to look at what’s missing. Literally.

 

The silence. The bits between the words.

 

The change of pace that’s a reduction to a complete standstill: the pause.

 

Pauses are hugely important and effective, and they go hand-in-hand with ‘pace’. They are perhaps the least-used vocal tool and are sometimes as important as the words either side of them.

 

\"Silence is also speech.\"

West African proverb

 

Don’t be afraid of silence. As we will see, it’s a hugely effective device to aid understanding.

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