“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.” ThinkingStoriesJobsJesusHeroSaintEpicSubplots Author:Donald Miller
“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.” IfsNeedsTwoCharacterStoriesRomancePrimariesMake SensePlotCompellingSubplots Author:Madeline Hunter
“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.” HoursEconomyGroupsEconomicCrisisFinancialDecadesWakingEconomistSpectacularIntriguingGreat DepressionAnalyzingFinancial CrisisEconomic CrisisSubplots Author:Robert J. Samuelson
“The DNA of the novel - which, if I begin to write nonfiction, I will write about this - is that: the title of the novel is the whole novel. The first line of the novel is the whole novel. The point of view is the whole novel. Every subplot is the whole novel. The verb tense is the whole novel.” IfsWritingFirstsWholeLinesViewsNovelPoint Of ViewTitlesNonfictionDnaTenseVerbsSubplots Author:Mary Kay Zuravleff
“People don't come to Marvel movies for personal life subplots, no.” PeoplePersonal LifeSubplots Author:Anthony Mackie
“If God is an author and the universe is the biggest novel ever written, I may feel as if I'm the lead character in the story, but like every man and woman on Earth, I am a suporting player in one of billions of subplots. You know what happens to supporting players. Too often they are killed off in chapter 3, or in chapter 10, or in chapter 35. A supporting player always has to be looking over his shoulder.” IfsKnowsMenFeelsMayCharacterStoriesHappensEarthUniverseNovelPlayerWrittenMen And WomenBillionsEvery ManShouldersChaptersLead CharactersSubplots Author:Dean Koontz
“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.” LostScriptsCreditPlotExitPopcornSoundtracksIntermissionSubplots Book:High Fidelity Source: High Fidelity
“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.” RealEndsBigsReal LifeCollectionsPlotThreadLoose EndsDenouementSubplots Author:Grant Morrison
“Subplots bring realism to your main plot simply by existing – 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.” WritingHappensMovingThreeReaderTenFlowBallsMoving ForwardNarrativePlotRealismInterruptionsInterruptingSubplots Author:Elizabeth Sims
“Most short stories have but one plot. The very best, however, have what I call a plot-and-a-half – that is, a main plot and a small subplot that feeds in a twist or an unexpected piece of business that ads crunch and flavor to the story as a whole.” WritingWholeStoriesHalfPiecesUnexpectedPlotShort StoryAdsFlavorTwistsCrunchSubplots Author:Elizabeth Sims
“In suspense novels even subplots about relationships have to have conflict.” NovelConflictSuspenseSuspense NovelsSubplots Author:Jeffery Deaver
“Characters are story. And any great plot or subplot is driven by the characters' wants and desires.” WantCharacterStoriesDesireDrivenPlotSubplotsWants And Desires Author:Robert Gregory Browne