Plot, the sequential arrangement of actions in a play, is fundamental to any play production. It is the means by which a playwright’s thoughts are planned, organized and honed towards the achievement of the purpose of the artistic projection and thematic preoccupation. The plot of a play is commensurate with the type of play a playwright has in mind to write- Tragedy, Comedy, Tragicomedy or any other type, as it is the way a plot is structured that determines this. Plot is to be laid down like the plot of foundation of a building, with subsequent structures built upon it. This is why Aristotle in his treatise on drama- Aristotle’s Poetics identified plot as the most important of all the elements of dramaturgy. This paper examines how plots are crafted or adapted and the innate structural devices in plot that make plays interesting- such as ironies, flashback, aside, comic relief and soliloquy. It examines both conventional plots and Avant-garde plots, identifying “conflict” as an innate element of plot in the dramatic genre.