Plot is generally capable of being boiled down to this structure: Beginning, a muddle, and an end.
Plot is no more than footprints left in the snow after one's characters have run by on their way to incredible destinations.
Plot is generally able to be boiled down to this structure: Boy meets girl... girl gets boy into pickle... boy gets pickle into girl.
Plot is elementary. The two basic stories of all times are Cinderella and Jack the Giant Killer the charm of women and the courage of men.
Plot is completely absent in life. that is what makes it unique; it is always by far more interesting than anything one can say about it.
Plot is elementary. All great literature is either one of two stories: a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town.