PLOT

* The chain of related events that explains to us what happens in a story.

*The series of events in a story that explain to the reader what is happening.

3 Types of Plot
1. Linear Narrative
* present stories in a logical manner by telling what happens from one point in time to the next without using "
flashbacks" or " flash-forwards" and then returning to the present.
* it lives up to their name, meaning you could draw straight line from the beginning to the end of the story.
These narratives start the story at the beginning and tell consecutive events until the finale. In contrast, non-
linear narrative might skip around to different points in time. Most linear narrative follow a similar structure:
The exposition set the tone and theme of the story, followed by the rising action which leads to the story's
climax, followed by the falling action and the resolution, or the finale.
* It follows a straight line-starting at the beginning moving to the middle and proceeding to the end of the story.
2. Non-linear narrative
* where events are portrayed out of chronological order. It is often used to mimic the structure and recall of
human memory. The author has chosen to jump around in time and the order in which events are portrayed does
not correspond to the order in which things happened. These might also be referred to as disrupted or disjointed
narratives. We are still being told a story, but without the same sense of being told about things as they
happened.
* often starts at the middle of the story or the height of a conflict and then double-backs to the beginning. Non-
linear narrative form employ’s “flashbacks” and “flash-forwards” to keep the reader on his toes as the writer
tells the full story. By utilizing a non-linear writing style, we throw away the constraints of time and write our
story in a way that keeps readers guessing.
Narrative structure
 Is about two things: the content of the story and the form used to tell the story.