plot

(noun): (authorship) The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.
(noun): An area or land used for building on or planting on.
(noun): A graph or diagram drawn by hand or produced by a mechanical or electronic device.
(noun): A secret plan to achieve an end, the end or means usually being illegal or otherwise questionable.
(noun): Contrivance; deep reach thought; ability to plot or intrigue.
(noun): Participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.
(noun): A plan; a purpose.
(verb): To conceive (a crime, etc).
(verb): To trace out (a graph or diagram).
(verb): To mark (a point on a graph, chart, etc).
(verb): To conceive a crime, misdeed, etc.