tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409555464635498587.post7936424158693696340..comments2023-06-01T08:39:51.620-07:00Comments on elenabella: Cellphones as Plot Destroyerselenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07195930445294044722noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409555464635498587.post-80275394026685066582009-04-30T21:59:00.000-07:002009-04-30T21:59:00.000-07:00Thanks to Richter, I keep thinking about the role ...Thanks to Richter, I keep thinking about the role of messages in novels: all those letters in Jane Austen, the calling cards left with servants, telegrams bearing urgent news (consider their tweet effect). How did life change with the passing of the carrier pigeon: and what was that all about?! There is no doubt that plots are truncated and shaped by the speed of communications. Yet we plot all the time: I'm plotting my next cup of tea – and next posting – right now!elenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07195930445294044722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5409555464635498587.post-64002838880686434252009-04-30T17:47:00.000-07:002009-04-30T17:47:00.000-07:00Elena, good looks at how telling a story and posti...Elena, good looks at how telling a story and posting a job's work have two different responses to information technology. <br />We mostly become users of the tools given us, not questioning their limitations, or even their efficacies.<br />Matt Richter' piece illustrates one problem plot makers are annoyed by, keeping a fast pace, as if he's using a phone rather than a keyboard. <br />Shimuro is indeed a splendid artist. Glad to see a bit of her work. I like her attitude about technology, too. wknndwkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07905663276828067541noreply@blogger.com