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story beat

story beat noun: an interaction, between characters in a drama, that advances the plot.

Noun

story beat (plural story beats)

  1. An interaction, between characters in a drama, that advances the plot
    • The stakes are low and the story beats are incidental amid the rush of largely mild visual gags and verbal sallies like “Blood Island! So called because it’s the exact shape of some blood!”2012 April 26, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits :”, in The Onion AV Club

Forms of story beat

pluralstory beats

Questions about story beat

What does story beat mean?
Story beat means an interaction, between characters in a drama, that advances the plot.
What part of speech is story beat?
Story beat is a noun.
What is the plural of story beat?
The plural of story beat is story beats.

Words near story beat in the dictionary

  1. Storuman
  2. Storvik
  3. story
  4. story arc
  5. story arcs
  6. story beat
  7. story beats
  8. Story City
  9. Story County
  10. story editor
  11. story editors

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