In Response to Winter

What struck me most about the essay "Winter" by Larry Woiwode is the sense of urgency and danger I got while reading it. I was wondering by the last page how Larry was going to survive the horrible weather, even though I was well aware that it was a nonfiction essay that had been written in the future, so clearly he was fine in the end. I believe it is the pacing and vocabulary that he uses that causes that panicked emotion even in the face of logic. I aspire to be able to write in that way; to make the reader feel fear even when they know deep down things will be all right, and to cause emotions almost on a subconscious level.