I read a literary essay years ago touching on plot and how it affects narratives. Basically, the essay claimed that plot can be a trap. You introduce characters and actions and they must be explained. The reader wants to know what comes next. You frustrate them if you don't tell them.
You started out, perhaps, with other goals, but you've become tied up in explaining how and why everything happens.
Exactly! Do you have a link? Maybe the following illustrates your point: for me, watching an episode of curious george is much more fun than watching curious george the movie because the former has a plot and the latter has a PLOT.
You started out, perhaps, with other goals, but you've become tied up in explaining how and why everything happens.