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Essentially and most simply put, plot is what the characters do to deal with the situation they are in. It is a logical sequence of events that grow from an initial incident that alters the status quo of the characters.

Storytelling is about two things; it's about character and plot.

Plot is what happens in your story. Every story needs structure, just as every body needs a skeleton. It is how you 'flesh out and clothe' your structure that makes each story unique.

A story is built on characters and reasons.

I'm always writing about character first. Plot, such as it is, comes from the characters.

Storytelling is ultimately a creative act of pattern recognition. Through characters, plot and setting, a writer creates places where previously invisible truths become visible. Or the storyteller posits a series of dots that the reader can connect.

I believe that the writer should tell a story. I believe in plot. I believe in creating characters and suspense.

I'm not really a plot writer - I'm more interested in the characters and sort of small events that propel the story forward.

Plot and character are virtually the same thing.

I don't generate a storyline and then fill it out in the course of writing. The story actually generates in the course of the writing. It's one of the reasons I've never been comfortable doing screenplays, because in order to get the contract for the screenplay, you have to sit down and tell them what's going to happen.