plot point, any action a character takes that can’t be undone, which moves the plot ahead.
EXAMPLE: The fast-paced first 100 pages are dense with plot points, but while the main character is recuperating from the car accident, he doesn’t make enough progress in his investigation, and the novel drags.
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