I wonder why the author picked plot instead of plan? Which definition of plot do you think was dancing in their heads when they chose plot?
plot
/plät/
noun
1.
a plan made in secret by a group of people to do something illegal or harmful.
"they have been jailed for their part in a plot to defraud a Swiss bank"
1.
a plan made in secret by a group of people to do something illegal or harmful.
"they have been jailed for their part in a plot to defraud a Swiss bank"
Similar:
conspiracy
intrigue
secret plan/scheme
stratagem
machinations
cabal
complot
covin
2.
the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.
"the plot consists almost entirely of a man and woman falling in love"
Similar:
storyline
story
chain of events
scenario
action
thread
diegesis
mythos
verb
1.
secretly make plans to carry out (an illegal or harmful action).
"the two men are serving sentences for plotting a bomb campaign"