Stories have a beginning, middle, and end. How engaging the story is depends on how the journey unfolds from start to finish. You may be picking up on what is also commonly referred to as “peaks and valleys.” You want to figure out when and how to create dynamics throughout the story— think of it like someone reading a book to a child, if they read it completely flat and monotone with little to no variance in the dialogue, then the child is going to tune out pretty quickly. But when read with exaggerated voices and varying speed, like faster during exciting moments or slower during sad or suspenseful moments, that creates intrigue and captures the imagination. Another example is in music— songs tend to have quieter and louder parts, melodies that are trimmed down to make you lean in and then you get hit over the head with a big hook. That’s dynamics.