I’ve been thinking about the reason to have ‘plot’. What’s the nature of plot structure? What is the climax of a story for? If you read a story’s summary before reading the whole story… you get all the pieces. But you don’t get to go on the emotional ride.

A piece on someone’s relationship with reading plot outlines, summaries, excerpts:
https://themillions.com/2015/08/the-purpose-of-plot-an-argument-with-myself.html