He could neither conceive a coherent plot, nor develop a credible situation.
It's a big, nightmarish story, all right, but one that lacks the thread of a coherent plot.
Critics accused Rameau's original opera of lacking a coherent plot.
And while this kind of movie doesn't cry out for a coherent plot, it does need surprises.
They had coherent plots and music specifically composed for the plot of each piece.
The most effective counterfeit realities are those which provide what only conspirators seem to have: a perfectly coherent plot.
Much of the criticism for the film was directed at its lack of character development and a coherent plot.
Issue advocacy comes at the expense of realistic characters and a coherent plot.
Sometimes it was a substitute for a coherent plot.
There is absolutely no coherent plot or narrative.