yknot, you do not need to bring the brochures and mags.
Do you hate to hear a very long story?
by asilentone 23 Replies latest jw friends
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mrsjones5
Depends on whether I think the story is interesting or not.
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MsDucky
It depends on the beginning.
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RosePetal
I love long stories.
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lisavegas420
Some people are long talkers. I have to tell my daughter, "get to the point" or she will tell me every detail.
lisa
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nelly136
yknot
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compound complex
Depends.
Some stories keep my attention and I can't put them down. Others simply don't appeal, and I try to find a polite way to back out (if it's verbal, meandering, nonstop, loquacious, minute-detail-infested ...)
That's why I like flash fiction and endeavor not to bore those who read my rot.
CC
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snowbird
Yes. Yes, I do.
Short, sweet/sour, simple.
Syl
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JWoods
I like certain books (if they are good ones) which are long.
I don't like long posts on the internet. If you have to scroll a post more than once, it is generally too long for the board, IMHO.
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AGuest
Depends (peace to you, dear ASO!). On the following and in this order: what it's about, how I'm feeling and/or how much time I have at the time, who's telling it, the presentation (i.e., expressive, or monotone/run-on with no guiding inflection, emphasis, or punctuation), and type of media (i.e., verbally related, personally told or via third party, written... in a magazine, book, electronically... book on tape, video/film, website, or phone (not so much for that last one), etc.).
I have learned, in my very short life in this world, that listening is a virtue and not a skill possessed by the majority. Most are too "busy"... if not in their lives... then in their minds, hearts... and spirits... to give others the attention they continuously complain they didn't/don't receive.
True, it can be nice if the speaker/writer gets to the point quickly, in some instances (I'm very glad they didn't in Dances With Wolves!), but someone much wiser than me once said: "Often times the search... proves even more profitable than the goal." I have learned that this is greatly true and that sometimes, in reading BETWEEN the lines, one can find several smaller "gems" that, together, are of much more value that the one "pearl" at the end.
Peace to you!
A [loquacious] slave of Christ (and proud of both!),
SA
