Sentence examples for move a plot forward from inspiring English sources

When Hollywood needs a New York news anchor to move a plot forward — whether it involves a monster rampaging in the streets in "Cloverfield" or a delirious outcast from the North Pole in "Elf" — NY1 is often the go-to station.

There's something special about that; when a superhero movie chooses not to rely on the villain of the day to move a plot forward.

There's something special when a superhero movie chooses not to rely on the villain of the day to move a plot forward.

Sometimes they are used as less significant plot devices intended to move a larger plot forward.

It's less a plot device (though it should always serve to move the plot forward) than a character study that happens out loud.

Any time a writer can move the plot forward while also using language to increase engagement with the reader, the writing becomes stronger.

In a film, a little romance can help move the plot forward and develop the character.

A mere episode after saying how pleased I was that Mark Duck Phillips Moseses had been added to the cast, I'm now already a bit exasperated by Dennis, a laughably two-dimensional weasel of a character, seemingly introduced solely to move the plot forward.

Whatever you want to do in fiction, alcohol can help: move the plot forward, or provide comedy, tragedy, explication, or a window into a character's soul.

In between other Cooter-ish wisdom ("If you wear a red vest, sometimes people think you're a valet and you can take a nap in their car")., he managed to move the plot forward too.

There are dramatic moments, but they always serve to move the plot forward or to create some weight in an otherwise light narrative.