noun. The state of being hurried.

noun. overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)

"Another thing that hurt the story was the occasional use of run-on sentences meant, I suppose, to convey the hurriedness of the speaker but instead were long winded interruptions to the flow of the story."

fastness  speed  swiftness  

abruptness  precipitance  precipitancy  precipitateness  precipitousness  

barrel  beeline  bowl along  breeze  bucket