story arc
English
Noun
story arc (plural story arcs)
- 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...