Plot vs Story: What’s The Difference?

RAVE Scripts
2 min readMar 1, 2022

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Plot vs story has perplexed many of storytellers since the beginning of telling stories, so what’s the difference? The difference between plot and story can be a little confusing, but they are actually quite different.

What Is Plot in a Story?

In order to discuss plot vs story, we have to know what plot is. Plot refers to the sequence of events in a story. It’s what happens. Plots are one way to make your story more interesting. When you have a plot in mind, it’s time for some serious brainstorming!

The first step is deciding on the characters who will live through this drama and their backgrounds so they can provide necessary conflict or support throughout our narrative.

The events in a story are what make it interesting. In order to create an engaging plot, you need your characters and how they interact with each other as well as the world around them.

A good way of figuring out this part is by starting from their motives: What do these people want? Why does everyone care so much about what’s happening with them?

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