We agree that prose is better than plot, but a common criticism

>>9153990
by having plot as a vehicle for motive??
did you not answer your own question

>>9153990
there isn't any question here in my opinion. Can you clarify?

>>9153999
A novel that is aesthetically beautiful, but possesses little-to-no plot would be panned as purposeless and maybe pretentious too. Would this criticism be accurate?

>>9154012
what is aesthetics in writing? is the author emotionally available?

>>9154012
sounds like you're afraid to write poetry (it doesn't have to have linebreaks)

>>9154012
>would be panned as purposeless and maybe pretentious too

By who?

The only reason people on /lit/ think prose is better than plot is to justify their inability to understand the words they are reading.

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“A habitual indulgence in the inarticulate is a sure sign of the philosopher who has not learned to think, the poet who has not learned to write, the painter who has not learned to paint, and the impression that has not learned to express itself ㅡ all of which are compatible with an immensity of genius in the inexpressible soul.”

― George Santayana, The Sense of Beauty

>>9154081
Art for Art's sake

>>9154081
makes me feel good desu
first 80 or so poems were primarily tonal