Summer Term! And the unread letter trope.

[mollyringle]

Woohoo! You can now pre-order Summer Term, my latest frothy/raunchy/chick-flicky novel, either direct from the publisher (I get a bigger kickback that way), or from Amazon.com.

And I'm proud to say Summer Term does not include this occurrence that pops up left and right in films and books, and which annoys me into hives every time: namely, when a character receives a significant letter from someone, and, basically out of spite, doesn't read it. They send it back unopened, or shelve it for years (until it's Tragically Too Late!), or burn it, or rip it up, and--arrrrgh. Who does that?? Seriously? Have you ever done that? Can you explain why?

I'm far too curious to do such a thing, ever. If someone sends me a letter, I read it, even if I'm furious with the sender. Maybe especially if I'm furious with the sender, because maybe--hey, ever think of this?--maybe the letter explains the sender's motivation in doing whatever made me so furious. And maybe reading it will make me feel better. Even if it doesn't, failure to read it will make me look like an idiot later on, because I will not have absorbed the information I was sent and was supposed to absorb.

So, I don't let my characters do that. Rant over. Thanks! Enjoy your week.

Comments

[astroman-rich.livejournal.com]

Hey, where's the "Like" button on this thing? Hmmm. Must be broken.

Anyhow - yeah, someone who would deliberately ignore a letter like that is being deliberately self-defeating, which is annoying to watch.

I suppose the modern equivalent would be immediately deleting an email without reading it.

[rachel2205.livejournal.com]

Congrats honey xx

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Yep, deleting an email unread falls into the same category. I hate when plots hinge on someone doing that kind of thing. Argh!, I say again.

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Merci beaucoup! (Go ahead, practice your immersion--my French is bad enough that I won't know if yours is wrong.) :D

[gavinworld.livejournal.com]

Congrats! I detest the unread letter trope too.

[gavinworld.livejournal.com]

P.S. I just ordered the paperback.

[mariole.livejournal.com]

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much! Feel free to visualize the cute favorite actor of your choice. ;)

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Thank you, m'dear!