We need a stinkin' plot.

I think I said earlier that plot is overrated. I'd like to qualify that. Plot is overrated in movies. In a goodly-sized novel, plot is pretty essential to be able to actually be interested in finishing reading the book. I would even say that plot is underrated, so that someone like John Grisham, who writes fabulous plots, gets little critical acclaim because they're looking for theme and symbolism. Something to deconstruct. Except that it's not easy to write a page-turner, and there's an art to that as well. I wrote at work today to lighten my load for post-bar time writing. Paid off.