Let's examine the concept of the sequel. When writing there are two main building blocks, the scene (where things happen) and the sequel (the thing that comes next in the sequence). This is the place where you control the pace of your story. A sequel can be short or long. It is the place where you examine what is going on, what just happened, where your character reacts internally, where he reviews facts, ponders choices, where he makes a decision that will become the goal for the action in the next scene.

See how simple that is? But if you didn't know it, understand it, it would make writing so much harder. Thing about it – you just finish a big scene, lot's happens, loads of action, events that fill the page, and then it ends... - Now what?

A sequel. A scene where the protagonist reacts to what just happened, puts it in order, makes sense of it, picks the facts out and puts together with other information he already has, draws conclusions, comes to a decision and acts again. Sequels are also the place where you get inside the head of the character and examine his motives. A place where you can explore his nature.

Sequels can be long or short, and this is how they control pace. Story moving too fast? Longer sequel, follow it by a shorter action piece and another longish sequel. Story too slow? Cur back the length of the sequel and get into the next action shot.

There. Hopefully, if you need a little help with your writing, that helped.