Stories in novels or plays (5)
I believe the answer is:
plots
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">stories in novels or plays</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for plots that I've seen before include "Plans" , "Schemes" , "Stories in novels or plays" , "Conspires" .)