tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post3894077761846137791..comments2024-03-29T03:04:00.853-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: The taste for story - "Too - much - goin' - on!"Amateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-53883208188180210172008-04-17T11:24:00.000-05:002008-04-17T11:24:00.000-05:00I thought about mentioning the old French "romance...I thought about mentioning the old French "romances" and German Baroque novels, most of which now fall into the "unreadable" category, for just the reason you state. They used to be the norm. But I didn't think I knew enough about them.<BR/><BR/>verbivore, I'm always asking, how does he do it, how does she do it - how do they tell a story? And every great writer, it turns out, has come up with a different answer.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-20701228740712236112008-04-17T09:24:00.000-05:002008-04-17T09:24:00.000-05:00Absolutely, incident can be a few words of dialogu...Absolutely, incident can be a few words of dialogue that change everything or a single gesture filled with meaning...In that sense, plot or story don't matter but all the little stuff going on beneath the STORY do...<BR/>I love the idea of arguing with my own taste!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-13197844968911234202008-04-16T17:22:00.000-05:002008-04-16T17:22:00.000-05:00Some of the most frustrating books I've read have ...Some of the most frustrating books I've read have been all incident without a satisfying overall story arc, including at least one book from the 18C, and I think it's common for novelists from the 18C and earlier to write novels with lots and lots of incidents (unless you're Richardson). Some of them do it well (Fielding) and other don't. Overall, I think I tend to prefer fewer incidents, but really, I think it just depends on how well the author writes them.Rebecca H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10825532162727473112noreply@blogger.com