What you can learn from poorly written stories

By "poorly written" I don't mean shortcoming in terms of literary merits. That's a different discussion. What I mean is a story that doesn't move YOU. (It might've moved other people, but it left YOU cold).

When you read a book that you set aside in disgust or disappointment, or you watch a movie that you pause and can't finish watching (or walk out of the movie theater), I invite you to take some distance from it (a day or two), then come back to it and try it again and analyze why is it t...