overplot

verb

over·​plot ˌō-vər-ˈplät 

overplotted; overplotting

transitive + intransitive

: to plot (something) excessively

especially : to devise an excessively complex or elaborate plot for (something, such as a story)

overplot a novel

a writer with a tendency to overplot

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1904, in the meaning defined above