What does plotty mean?
Plotty means (informal, of a book, film, story) Having a complicated plot..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(informal, of a book, film, story) Having a complicated plot..
“Now Beacon, Now Sea,” his first memoir, is perhaps more straightforward than his voicey, plotty novels, and he indulges in novelistic and cinematic flourishes — cascading lists, lyrical still lifes — only occasionally.
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Plotty means (informal, of a book, film, story) Having a complicated plot..
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“Now Beacon, Now Sea,” his first memoir, is perhaps more straightforward than his voicey, plotty novels, and he indulges in novelistic and cinematic flourishes — cascading lists, lyrical still lifes — only occasionally.
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