Comments on: Give Me Plot, or Bore Me To Death

By: Julie Wu

Julie Wu — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:02:47 +0000

Thanks, K!

By: K

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:56:42 +0000

Right on, Julie! I’m with you all the way. Thanks for this post.

By: Julie Wu

Julie Wu — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:13:08 +0000

Thanks so much, Erin! So glad this post spoke to you.

It seems a lot of people feel this way but are embarassed about it, for some reason. But isn’t it natural to want to be captivated by a story?

By: Julie Wu

Julie Wu — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:09:48 +0000

Thanks, Donna! It’s funny–I had the same thought about Lady Gaga (was choosing between her and Adele), but in the end I put her in because she puts forth the visual image of being avant-garde, and yet her music is so conventional, and I think that’s kind of an interesting comparison to John Cage. In the end, she’s entertaining, and I don’t think I’d walk out of a Lady Gaga concert, though I don’t have first-hand knowledge of that!

By: Erin Cashman

Erin Cashman — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:23:14 +0000

Julie, what a great article. I am with you, If I’m half way through a novel, even a beautifully written one, and I don’t really care what happens to the characters, I put it down. In the end it’s the emotional response that I’m looking for. I want to get swept away by the story, so that I don’t want to stop reading. If I find my mind wandering while I’m reading – even if it’s eloquent prose – I shut the book and pick up something else.