Kurt Vonnegut explains why Hamlet is a masterpiece, and Cinderella isn't

I am already familiar with some of his books, some of his philosophies, and even some of his rules for writing. But today I saw graphs Kurt Vonnegut drew and read the lecture he gave to help explain the writing of a great story. It also explains (I think, something like) how good and bad are sometimes indistinguishable, and how the tendency we have to think of our lives as a story with a beginning and a middle and an end, a narrative arc that might possibly make some sense, is a bit of a con. So, along with Barack, Joe and Cary, today I am feeling love for Kurt.