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story beats

story beats is the plural of story beat.

Meaning of story beat

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

Questions about story beats

What is story beats the plural of?
Story beats is the plural of story beat.

Words near story beats in the dictionary

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

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