story arc

English

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 within a fictional plot

• French: arc narratif m
• Italian: arco narrative m
• Japanese: 編 (ja) (へん, hen), アーク (ja) (āku)
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• Portuguese: arco de história m
• Russian: сюжетная арка f (sjužetnaja arka)
• Spanish: arco narrativo m, arco argumental m,