What makes a story long and pointless?

A boy started collecting pebbles. He had thousands of them in his room. He didn't make any art with them, he didn't use them for any games. He just kept piling them up. His room was full of pebbles, and his parents were constantly asking him to get rid of them, but he wouldn't listen. It was a long and pointless story of his pebble - collecting obsession.

You could use it as an exercise in creative editing. Cut it down to make it more concise and meaningful.

Sometimes a story becomes long and pointless because the writer doesn't have a good plan or doesn't know how to end it effectively. It could also be that they were trying to show off their writing skills but ended up going off track.

Well, there was this cat. It liked to sit in a corner and stare at a wall. All day long it would just sit there. It didn't chase mice, it didn't play with toys. It just stared. And every day was the same. It was a long, pointless story of a cat that seemed to have no purpose other than staring at that wall. It made people wonder what was going on in its little cat brain, but it never showed any sign of changing its behavior.

There could be some value. It might serve as a kind of mental exercise. As you read through it, your mind has to keep track of all the details, even if they don't lead to a clear point. It can also be a conversation starter. You can talk to others about how pointless it is and have a good laugh about it. For example, you could say to a friend, 'Hey, I read this really long story that had no point at all. It was about a guy who just kept counting the steps he took every day for no reason.' And then you can both discuss how strange and pointless it is, which can be a fun interaction.

If you don't want to be too direct, you can start giving short, non - encouraging responses. Like just nodding or saying 'hmm' in a less enthusiastic way. Eventually, the person might get the hint that you're not really interested in their long - winded story.

Long pointless stories usually have excessive details that don't contribute to the overall meaning. They could involve a lot of unnecessary descriptions of things like the color of every flower in the park when it has no bearing on the so - called 'point' of the story. It's like the storyteller is just rambling without a proper narrative structure.

Their simplicity. For example, a short story about a bird that flew over a house and then disappeared. It's interesting because it shows a small moment without any big meaning.

A long time ago, there was a village. In this village, there was a very strange old woman. She had a collection of stones. Every day, she would take all the stones out of her collection and arrange them in a long line. Then she would walk along the line and touch each stone. After that, she would rearrange them in a different order and do the same thing again. This went on day after day, a really long and pointless activity. Nobody knew why she did it, not even her. But she never stopped.