I’ve received notes about this from several people, and boy, you were right.
This video features Susan Boyle, a contestant on the show Britain’s Got Talent. It’s as sticky as a story gets.
In the book, we talk about “Challenge Plots” — stories in which a protagonist overcomes a formidable challenge and succeeds. David and Goliath is the classic Challenge Plot. Well, Susan Boyle is an up-to-the-minute, emotional, inspirational, Challenge Plot protagonist — and you can get the whole story in 7.5 minutes.
