Something happened.
Then something else happened.
Then something else happened that you didn’t expect.
This continued for almost an eternity.
Things got very difficult for a while.
Something happened that you didn’t want to happen.
Everything seemed to be going wrong.
Then it didn’t go wrong anymore.
You are so many pages in you can’t stop now.
You commit.
Somebody you don’t know spent a lot of their time writing this.
Most of the questions in your mind were answered.
You felt relief.
The end wasn’t very good.
It left you hanging.
You have two choices.
Recognise all the time you spent reading was a complete waste.
OR
Buy book two – the same words only in a different order.
Guarantee – something will happen.
Option 2 – is a variation of the sunk cost fallacy.
You ever felt that?
You buy a book. You have to finish it to the end.
Someone put their heart and soul into writing it.
You feel like you owe something to this stranger.
Almost like a holy contract. A pure communication from one soul to another.
Even though the writer has achieved the best outcome – your purchase.
Stay tuned heptalogy lovers.
The rebel fish 
Or something happens that’s almost interesting, but they don’t tell you why it happened and it makes no earthly sense…
Hate that.
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Almost interesting is even worse than not interesting at all. As there is commitment then disappointment.. then anger! 🙂 Now,not making sense is more my thing. I’m not always going for sense 🙂
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Yes, but your senselessness makes sense to unsensible people, if that makes sense.
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I have a post coming up about sausage factories which should clarify things
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Oooh, that sounds meaty…
*Groans*
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You’ll get skinned alive if you post that one!
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You should be called Peter’s PUNdering…
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How do you know I wasn’t……and then……something happened!
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Lol, somethings always happening!
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So I hear!
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I’m an avid reader, but if I’m a third of the way through and you haven’t grabbed me? Then I don’t care how much heart and soul you poured into it, I’m gone. On the other hand, if you interest me I’ll haunt used book stores and libraries for all your previous work.
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Was always an avid reader, can’t seem to get into it at the moment – save for other blogs, altho writing stuff it’s fun to see some of those books appear again,in a thought or reference (not always apparent!). Although reading blogs has weaned me off reading news – which has been amazing!
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As much as I enjoy blogging, it could never be a substitute for reading. I’m not happy unless I’m knee deep in a good thick book!
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No kindle,then? Hopefully I’ll get back into it.
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Never! Reading is a tactile pleasure for me….
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the smell of a new book..
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Pure perfume!
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Somebody ought to do something about it. Someone pointed me in the right direction to a resolution but I couldn’t see the point!
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I think some self help books can be written along the lines of nothing happening.
“And suddenly, nothing happened”
How refreshing would it be to have a humorous self help book.
Not self help to be humorous but help to consider an alternative perception of oneself.
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It’s a possibility!!
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Yeah, movies are pretty much the same, though I always prefered books. You could always write an anti-book, where something didn’t happen. Then, something else didn’t happen. Then something that you didn’t expect didn’t happen, etc, etc. I don’t think that it would sell well, though.
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Yes,it would not be what people expect. An old spike Milligan sentence mid paragraph was “suddenly nothing happened”
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Reminds me of Seinfeld.. the sitcom about nothing
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