Plot is the sequence of interconnected events taken from the story, often revealing the causality between--the plot's therefore-&-but logic.
Plot explains tells us happens--how & why events, scenes and sequences end & take place in the order they do. Plot = character: what they say, decide, & do.
eg.
Daniel Plainview digs in a hole in the earth = plot
DP discovers evidence of gold = plot
DP uses explosives to extract gold = plot
DP gets injured when he reenter the dig = plot
DP chooses to live = plot, and
DP drags himself to town = plot
These plot events reveal DP's choices & character.
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Plot explains tells us happens--how & why events, scenes and sequences end & take place in the order they do. Plot = character: what they say, decide, & do.
Daniel Plainview digs in a hole in the earth = plot
DP discovers evidence of gold = plot
DP uses explosives to extract gold = plot
DP gets injured when he reenter the dig = plot
DP chooses to live = plot, and
DP drags himself to town = plot
These plot events reveal DP's choices & character.