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Graham Edwards: "It’s perfectly possible to write a good story without worrying about plot. You just start at the beginning and follow your nose. “This happened, then this happened, and this is how it ended.” Stories that are character-driven tend to work this way. Simply drop your characters into a situation and see what happens. Who needs a plan anyway?"

"Many writers sneer at plot. Others embrace it. Just as many don’t know the difference between plot and story and, when challenged, take themselves into a corner and mumble.
The way I see it is this:
Story is a sequence of events
Plot is the structure behind that sequence of events"
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