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Within that narrative, however, the author can go anywhere in time, follow any character or sub-plot, jump from voice to voice.
Michael Conniff: Con Games: On Writing The Post-Papyrus Novel Michael Conniff 2011
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When you start to have the romantic sub-plot go the same way with different other-halves in it, it's starting to look like the problem is not perhaps a coincidence?
Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway nihilistic_kid 2009
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There is also a subtle (and expected) sub-plot that follows the slow death of newspaper journalism – remember that it is set some time in the future and that it is fiction, all ye lovers of the press!
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I also think the sub-plot she has going between Nikos and a certain other character is fascinating.
Book Tour: Red Kiss - Deidre Knight & Silent Blade - Ilona Andrews Nalini Singh 2009
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There is also a subtle (and expected) sub-plot that follows the slow death of newspaper journalism – remember that it is set some time in the future and that it is fiction, all ye lovers of the press!
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Milan Mandaric, who is still chairman but is expected to step aside when the Football League ratifies Raksriaksorn's takeover in the coming days, has worked with nine managers since assuming control in February 2007, including Nigel Pearson who, in an interesting sub-plot, will be in the opposition dugout tomorrow, when he returns as Hull City's manager.
Leicester have what it takes to reach top flight, says Sven-Goran Eriksson Stuart James 2010
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The complexity of plot in this two episode set was astounding with layer within layer and multiple sub-plot texts underneath.
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The complexity of plot in this two episode set was astounding with layer within layer and multiple sub-plot texts underneath.
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Each color refers to a plot: Blue for the main action, green for the co-worker story, red for the love interest, and yellow for the sub-plot.
NaNoWriMo. Day Five joshenglish 2009
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I can´t really describe all the plots and sub-plot because it is a very complex novel but it absolutely is worth a try.
Inaugral Friday Book Club Nalini Singh 2009
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