Actors should react on the line, not in between. This will connect you to the other person, which is what you want. If you are not getting what you want from the other person, use that as your motivation. It is not necessary to maintain eternal eye contact with your scene partner. In a monologue, place the imaginary person and return there as a point of reference from time to time.
All monologues are too long and too slow.
Make yours one of the short fast ones. After a lot of stress, crying, doubt and worry I am now all better. The weather outside is increasingly pleasing and I have found an agent. Yes, now I will stop talking about it. It only took well let s not count months or days its embarrassing, the point is I am now a professional actress.