Pacing The Da Vinci Code

Music I'm listening to: Blissful silence.

With The Da Vinci Code at the box office, people are talking about the movie. The talk is not, for the most part, complimentary, but there you go.

I, for one, thoroughly enjoyed the book. It did its job and kept me up all night. (It helped that I had the illustrated version. This meant that I, an admitted art heathen, didn't overtax my time or my Internet connection looking everything up.)

Check out this article for writers that explores why Dan Brown's pacing worked.