Story is as chaotic as real life, she said. Thus it needs a point, such as good versus evil. Plot is the armature on which the story hangs. A writer should begin in the middle of the story, with a conflict or a problem. A series of conflcits leads to a crisis and then a resolution.
Plot is a deliberately arranged story with a point.
A story does not have to be life threatening, but the protagonist should feel with great passion and intensity, that it is a life or dealth matter. In literary fiction, the plot is not as evident as in commercial fiction. But theme and resolution must always come together in a epiphany. Author of 30 books in print or contracted The purpose of dialogue, according to Laura Castoro, is three-fold. She encouraged writers to read their work out loud, to listen to the rhythm and sound of the dialogue.