story arc

English

Etymology

From story and arc.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈstɔː.ɹi ɑːk/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈstɔː.ɹi ɑɹk/

Noun

story arc (plural story arcs)

1. An extended or continuing storyline in episodic storytelling media such as television or comic books.
   • 1992, Linda Seger, The Art of Adaptation: Turning Fact and Fiction into Film:

     This story arc about "hunting the buffalo" is part of a larger story arc about "developing relationships with the Indians".

   • 2005, David Schmid, Natural Born Celebrities: Serial Killers in American Culture:

     A story arc can be developed continuously until it is completed, but it is more usual for a drama series to treat a story arc discontinuously...

Translations

narrative line within a fictional plot

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• Esperanto: rakontarko
• Finnish: tarinakaari, juoni (fi)
• French: arc narratif (fr) m
• Galician: arco narrativo m
• Italian: arco narrativo m
• Japanese: 編 (ja) (へん, hen), アーク (ja) (āku)
• Korean: 스토리 아크 (seutori akeu)
• Polish: akcja (pl) f
• Portuguese: arco de história m
• Russian: сюже́тная ли́ния f (sjužétnaja línija), сюже́тная а́рка f (sjužétnaja árka)
• Spanish: arco narrativo m, arco argumental m
• Swedish: båge (sv) c