Editing Plot (narrative) (section)

== Examples ==
[[File:Cinderella 1865 (6).png|thumb|upright|In "Cinderella", one of the key plot elements is the glass shoe fitting her.]]
=== Cinderella ===
A story orders events from beginning to end in a time sequence.<ref name="dibell" />

Consider the following events in the European folk tale "[[Cinderella]]":

#The prince searches for Cinderella with the glass shoe
#Cinderella's sisters try the shoe on themselves but it does not fit them
#The shoe fits Cinderella's foot so the prince finds her

The first event is causally related to the third event, while the second event, though descriptive, does not directly impact the outcome. As a result, according to [[Ansen Dibell]], the plot can be described as the first event "and so" the last event, while the story can be described by all three events in order.

===''The Wizard of Oz''===
[[File:WizardOfOz2.jpg|thumb|In ''The Wizard of Oz'', Dorothy makes three friends.]]
Fiction-writing coach [[Steve Alcorn]] says that the main plot elements of the 1939 film ''[[The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz]]'' are easy to find, and include:<ref name="alcorn">{{cite web|author=Steve Alcorn|title=Know the Difference Between Plot and Story|publisher=Tejix|url=http://www.tejix.com/en/PaperPlot.html|access-date=2014-08-24|archive-date= 2014-08-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140823193203/http://www.tejix.com/en/PaperPlot.html}}</ref>

# A tornado picks up a house and drops it on a witch in a fantastical land
# A girl and her dog meet three interesting traveling companions
# A wizard sends them on a mission
# They melt another witch with a bucket of water