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A PLOT: A Plots are plots that are the central focus of the episode, and are often the descriptors used to title the episode. Every episode must have an A Plot to follow. These kinds of plots are used to introduce major characters, move the story arc and/or the general plot of the series along, host an action that changes the direction of the series as it is right now, and so on.

B PLOT: B Plots are plots that are taken in consideration of the main plot, often meant to be interwoven, but aim to achieve something else that could be considered forwarding in terms of developments. Another use of the B Plot is to be the forwarding device from one part of a multi-parter into the other. B Plots are not necessary, but are always welcome, unlike the following C Plot, which are special considerations.

C PLOT: C Plots are optional plots that are either established later, such as evolving into B Plots in a later episode, or are plots that hold significance only in essence and do not advance characters nor does it tie directly into the main plot. These plots may or may not encompass all of one scene.

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• Exposition: Predetermined story points that work to set the stage for the episode at hand. Exposition must be given ahead of time, or foreshadowing into the events of the next episode must happen at the end of the one before this. To establish how the episode has been exposited on, check the ending of the last episode. If it lacks clear explanation of the current situation, then the first scene should be able to establish it all in a sense that people who regularly view the series would be able to understand.
• Rising Action: The action that begins to carry the point of the story up to the climax. Rising Actions are the gears that get the story's mechanism moving, through demonstration of actions or situations which are used to lead into the climax.
• Climax: The height of the story's direction, in which the resolution has begun to make itself clear. This is the point at which characters will begin to express vulnerability, understanding, demonstrate ability, and anything in between. Climaxes are meant to be the turn towards the dramatic conclusion which brings everything either to a relative normalcy, or to a point that solves problems presented in the episode.
• Falling Action: The action that helps bring people towards the resolution. Falling Action can be considered parallel to rising action, but is often less "Actiony"; that is to say, it's less physical and more mental or emotional, which helps characters develop while still allowing the plot to move along smoothly.
• Resolution: Points that return the story to a point at which there is a considerable calm, as well as usually establishing the forward motion of the actions of the story. Bringing the constant and consistent action to a conclusion through dramatic turns of interest or understanding for the better of characters or the relative normalcy of the setting.