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Most people in normal social situations feel compelled to fill in
a gap in a conversation. It just feels a little awkward. You certainly, again, don't want to make your subject
uncomfortable
but if there's a pause then why not let your subject perhaps fill it in.
Again, not to make them feel in the spotlight--who's going to say something,
we're just sitting here...
but um...
A slight pause, rather than you jumping in--you the journalist--
you know they start answering a question, they pause, you pause, and then maybe
they
elaborate a little bit more and you get a little bit more from them than you would
have if you would have jumped right in to fill the gap.