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The skeleton your plot wears so the chaos looks intentional.
means The connected sequence of events that forms the narrative thread of a story.
from A literal compound from the early 1900s: the 'line' you trace through a 'story,' borrowing the geometry of a path to describe narrative direction.
Plural threadsSoap operas juggle dozens of storylines at once.
Not the plotPlot is mechanics; storyline is the emotional route.
Game designBranching storylines let player choices reshape the path.