Ok, I don’t mean plot as a verb (to plot) I mean plot as a noun (the plot of a book - the story, if you will, but well, I don’t).

See I think “story” and “plot” are two different things.

Story, is easialy sum-up-able, plot, not to much. Let me deomonstrate:

The story of Little Red is about a woman who gets lost in the woods and meets the Big Bad Wolf (I almost wrote “meats”, hee hee).

Now I’m thinking maybe Little Red shouldn’t be my example ’cause now I’m going to tell you the plot (more or less):

The plot is that Scarlet gets lost in the woods, she gets her suitcase stolen, a guy comes and saves her, (…), they have hot sex, (…) they live happily ever after.

There, see the difference (suddenly I’m reminded of the part of 10 Things I hate about you when they’re at the party and Joey Donner is showing them all the difference between modeling for swimsuits and underwear but it’s all the same)?

I’d venture to say that all of my books have good stories. Plots? Eh. Plot is that stringing together of scenes that when I’m finished hope goes together in some significant way.

I’ve realized this whole thing while working on the FurutiristicThatWillKillMe (FTWKM).

See before I started, I did plot (verb). But I realized that I plotted the the story not the plot. For instance part of my outline is “They go to island to save brother.”

I don’t know how they get to the island, or what they do once their there to actually save him.

Saving him is part of the story. How they do it is part of the plot.

Yes? No? Anybody rabidly agree or disagree? Like I said this came to me the other night when I was sick and exhausted. Still after 2 days it still makes a bit of sense to me so I’d love to hear what other people think.

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I also have no hot water. Again.

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Go Congratulate Larissa. She got THE CALL!!