A Christmas Carol This is one of my favorite books and movies. It’s challenging yet captivating. There are many movie versions of this beautiful story, but the new animated “Jim Carrey one” is the closest to the book. The movie is almost word-for-word, and aside from a few embellish...
a :a small area of planted ground a vegetableplot b :a small piece of land in acemetery c :a measured piece of land:lot 2 :ground plan,plat 3 :the plan or main story (as of a movie or literary work) 4 [perhaps back-formation fromcomplot]:a secret plan for accomplishing a usually...
Kids Definition plot 1 of 2 noun ˈplät 1 : a small area of ground : lot a cemetery plot 2 : a plan of a floor of a building 3 : the main story (as of a literary work or movie) 4 : an evil or unlawful scheme 5 : diagram entry 1, chart plot 2 of 2 verb...
Story by: Ursula K. Le Guin, 1962 Dr Barry Pennywither, a professor of French from Munson College Indiana, uses his one-year-long unpaid leave to further his studies in France. Dr Pennywither—unsocial, unmarried, under-paid, and unloved, living in an unheated, lonely garret on the bank...
Hemingway’s famoussix-word storyis an amazing example of plot: “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.” Why are they for sale? Because the baby never wore them (and oh, it’s so sad). These aren’t disconnected facts; this is actually a miniature plot. More on that in a moment...
Writing a story requires an understanding of how the elements of the plot fit together chronologically. Some stories have multiple plot lines,...
Now I’m not writing anything grotesque, but I am writing a assassin-style story, and I can’t plot or plan it because it keeps getting flagged! Even if I were to write a story about bullying at school (something basic for little kids), it’d probably still get flagged! All I’m ...
how far they are willing to go to show their love for each other. The story ends with the narrator comparing the pair's mutually sacrificial gifts of love with those of the Biblical Magi:[4] The magi, as you know, were wise men – wonderfully wise men – who brought gifts to the ...
Tips for writing effective plot points. What's the Point of a Plot Point? There's a common misconception that a plot point is anything that happens in a story. In this way, people often confuse a plot point for a story beat. Story beats are the smallest units of storytelling, allowing...
Story by: Rupert Croft-Cooke A renowned prosecutor is determined to catch the only murderer who ever evaded his litigation, with the aid of an unusual ally—the shade of his target's victim. Another version was produced for Sleep No More. Reviews...