The term plot refers to an author's arrangement of the events story. The plot of a work is not necessarily the same as the story. When we tell a tory we generally start at the chronological order until we come to the end. Plots, however, do not always follow this pattern Many writers choose to mix events up provoke specific responses in the reader. They may, for example, start in the middle of things (in medias res) and use flashbacks or dialogue to refer to previous events The author's choices regarding plot do not stop simply at organising the events his tale. He must also decide when the story begins, which events should dealt with at length, which aspects of the story can be quickly summarised and when the story should end. Time is entirely subjective. The events of several years can be condensed paragraph, while a complete chapter may be dedicated to a particularly significant moment. The author's aim in writing a story will direct the choices he makes, and therefore analysing these aspects of plot gives us invaluable insight into the meaning of his work Love stories, adventure stories, detective stories, horror stories: writers never seem to run out of ideas for stories. Although each story is unique, many of them share some basic elements