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How many plots a short story should have?

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Question added by Dina Khatib , Brand and Communications Manager , Bayt.com
Date Posted: 2015/09/10

It relies in the Writer strategy method, and the  one general plot is enough or two to be twisted.

Sanjeev Mehra
by Sanjeev Mehra , Worker , Worked In Medical

First of all Story does not have plots,, It should have Meaningful paragraphs....

shaymaa zaitoon
by shaymaa zaitoon , Assistant Manager Admin & Procurement , Al Mulla Security Services K.S.C.C. (Brinks) , (G4S previously)

It doesn't matter how many plots the story has.One plot is very enough especially if the writer was creative and knew how to twisted.

Ahmed Jaber
by Ahmed Jaber , Transportation Coordinator , AGILITY LOGISTICS

If one plot can have different stories, would a story not have more than one!

Daleem Irfan
by Daleem Irfan , Store Manager , Megamart-BABASONS W.L.L-T.chauittram Intl group of company

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Pradeep Sharma
by Pradeep Sharma , English Language Training Instructor , King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah (KSA)

Usually, short stories have just one plot, but if required they may have sub-plots that finally add up to the dominant plot. Three unities - of time, place and action - are followed, in general, here, though modern and postmodern writers differ with the Aristotelian principle and they tend to weave sub-plots. 

Montaser Makhlouf
by Montaser Makhlouf , A teacher of English , The ministry of education

The short story is very simple so I think it should have just one plot for the reader to have fun during reading.

أحمد فوزي زكي اسماعيل
by أحمد فوزي زكي اسماعيل , accounting manager , chapatti Indian Restaurant

usually one plot which is the main one but u can have like secondary one or plot twist    

Deleted user
by Deleted user

Again, a funny question. It depends on a writer how many it can contain 

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