The phrase "develop the plot" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to describe a situation in which a writer is expanding, deepening, or building upon a particular narrative, and can be used in both formal and informal writing. For example: She was experienced in writing fiction and could easily develop the plot of her story.
It doesn't develop the plot in any interesting way whatsoever.
Robinson helped him develop the plot, drawing on the legend of evil squire Richard Cabell.
In 1990, Francesco Galesi won a 99-year, tax-free lease from the State Department of Transportation and set out to develop the plot near the Triborough Bridge.
Ann Brashares, whose four "Traveling Pants" novels have sold more than nine million copies in the U.S., says that, while the idea for that book was hashed out in committee, she was left to develop the plot and the characters in relative solitude, as she preferred to do.
They create the scenario, so they get to develop the plot and the characters the way they want.
I try to develop the plot organically instead of from the top down.
A portion of the old Vetch site has been turned into temporary vegetable patches and the local community has worked together over the last few months to develop the plots, tend winter crops and generally maintain the space.
The first two principle coordinates were used to develop the PCoA plot shown in Figure 2.
He called it an "improbable farce", daringly developing the plot to encompass the death of the second wife and her reappearance alongside the first.
The report is also expected to criticise the tactic of "landbanking" - buying up land and sitting on it rather than developing the plot, to prevent rivals getting it.
For over three decades, in fact, he had worked on this book in his head, developing the plot and the characters and occasionally beginning and then deleting drafts.
