If the authors last name was in the text then you should still cite them. You should always cite them even if they were already mentioned.
Answer:
Changing the sentence structure and how quickly the events unfold in a story will change the pace of the story. When we're changing the speed of how the story progresses from 10 page long descriptions of certain items and things to one page descriptions of a whole week going by, we dramatically influence the speed of the story and with that its pace.