Do you see a difference between "plot" and "story"? I got to thinking about this because I also came down on the side of character on this question, but I do want a narrative, I want movement of some kind. kore mentions Chekhov and a Chekhovian narrative would fit what I mean by a story that isn't a plot.
ETA: Also, to your remark about Disney movies stopping dead to admire clocks or whatever. I have not seen many Disney movies, old or new, but I do notice how impatient many readers are with so-called digressions in fiction. I am not sure I could enjoy Moby-Dick now as much as I did 45 years ago, before knowledge of cetacean sentience was widespread, but Melville's footnotes and branchings-off in that book are delicious, and often funny, too. I have the impression that the writers who do that sort of thing now are mostly dudebros taking themselves Seriously Because They Are Important, which is a shame.
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Date: 2019-08-26 05:38 pm (UTC)ETA: Also, to your remark about Disney movies stopping dead to admire clocks or whatever. I have not seen many Disney movies, old or new, but I do notice how impatient many readers are with so-called digressions in fiction. I am not sure I could enjoy Moby-Dick now as much as I did 45 years ago, before knowledge of cetacean sentience was widespread, but Melville's footnotes and branchings-off in that book are delicious, and often funny, too. I have the impression that the writers who do that sort of thing now are mostly dudebros taking themselves Seriously Because They Are Important, which is a shame.