In suspense novels even subplots about relationships have to have conflict. Votes: 4
Characters are story. And any great plot or subplot is driven by the characters' wants and desires. Votes: 4
Life doesn't have plots and subplots and denouements. It's just a big collection of loose ends and dangling threads that never get explained. Votes: 4
I lost the plot for a while then. And I lost the subplot, the script, the soundtrack, the intermission, my popcorn, the credits, and the exit sign. Votes: 4
The romance is the primary plot in a story that has two plots. The second plot is not a subplot, but one that is interwoven with the romance plot (if that makes sense.) A story needs compelling characters in a compelling plot. Votes: 4
I think, in the grand epic, Jesus is the hero of our stories. And our stories, as they were, are subplots in a grand epic and our job is not to be the hero of any story. Our job is to be a saint in a story that he is telling. Votes: 4
One intriguing subplot of the economic crisis is the failure of most economists to predict it. Here we have the most spectacular economic and financial crisis in decades - possibly since the Great Depression - and the one group that spends most of its waking hours analyzing the economy basically missed it. Votes: 4
Subplots bring realism to your main plot simply by existing â by interrupting the flow. Why is this? Because life doesn't move forward all at once. Interruptions happen, change rushes in, we juggle three or ten balls at once. Readers don't expect continuous narratives. Votes: 3
People don't come to Marvel movies for personal life subplots, no. Votes: 0
You're able to do things in novels: introduce subplots, other characters, thematic layers and so on, in a way that you simply can't in a movie. A movie really has to choose its battles. Votes: 0