Show: Second Draft Episode: 27 Title: Leave room for an answer Guest: Mara Bell Guest role: Interviewer Episode URL: https://quickchat.ai/demo/second-draft/episode-27 Coverage: Original fictional excerpt; not the complete episode Source: Timestamped example transcript [00:12:36] Mara Bell: After I ask a question, I count three quiet beats. If I jump in to rescue the silence, I often replace the answer the guest was about to give with my own. A pause is not a failed interview. It can be the moment someone stops giving the rehearsed answer. Show: Second Draft Episode: 27 Title: Leave room for an answer Guest: Mara Bell Guest role: Interviewer Episode URL: https://quickchat.ai/demo/second-draft/episode-27 Coverage: Original fictional excerpt; not the complete episode Source: Timestamped example transcript [00:24:10] Mara Bell: For a follow-up, I pick up the last concrete thing the guest mentioned. If they say they threw away their first draft, I ask about that draft. I do not move straight to the next question on my list just because it is there.