Perhaps it's pointless for me to continue complaining that Treme was undramatic, since it is clear that Simon and his co-writers and directors were intent on creating something deliberately, wilfully, defiantly undramatic, in an attempt to mirror New Orleanians' slow, narrative-free struggle to rebuild their lives.
But sometimes he chooses the slower narrative burn.
These heartfelt public service announcements punctuate the book, and slow the narrative.
Extended tangents into areas like the origins of bingo slow the narrative painfully.
And while his practical running tips are interesting and innovative, his New Age musings on Bushido and Buddhism slow the narrative.
Though they can slow the narrative or interrupt it, as Joanna bitterly complains, the notes and retorts provide a lively and pungent counterbalance.
Whether in deference to what is historically knowable or just because it would slow the narrative, Harris doesn't take the reader too far inside the heads of his characters, rendered in strokes a bit too broad.
Above all, she has the confidence to slow the narrative tempo down almost to zero: a condition of stasis in which the moment is held, like a musical note, for as long as she wishes it.
With boss fights that echo Shadows of the Colossus alongside beautiful, isolated dungeons and a slow, revelatory narrative, Pandora's Tower is both satisfying to play and an interesting story to be told – a rare achievement.
Darabont explained that he did this to "slow the narrative down and dig into the characters more deeply, so it's not just plot-driven, event-driven stuff.
