Plot-heavy books still dominate the best-seller lists. After all, narrative is in our nature: Once upon a time and the end ...

Let’s be honest — story, plot, and premise sound like words that mean the same thing. Most of us, even as writers or film ...

A plot, one of the techniques for creating a story, is used as a blueprint for actually creating a story by writing out the synopsis, setting, trigger and punch line of the story. Plots are useful for ...

In July 2016, a group of American scientists from the University of Vermont made headlines when they published some preliminary research about novels in English; an algorithm about their emotional ...

Lawler and Morell discuss the similarities between recruiting spies and developing literary plots, as well as why a keen sense of empathy is necessary in each endeavor.

Recite a plot backward and you’ll discover some things. Try it with a classic you haven’t read in years. You remember the green light on the last page of The Great Gatsby, of course, and probably ...