Understanding Plot and Subplots in Novels

Level up your books by adding more texture and depth in all the right places

Aigner Loren Wilson
At Home Pro Writers
5 min readAug 31, 2021

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What is Plot?

There’s no such thing as plot. Plot is the name writers and editors have labeled the story that takes place on the page. I’m going to talk about plot in a nebulous sense because it is. But I’ll also tell you how I see…

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Aigner Loren Wilson
At Home Pro Writers

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