A story arc is a story line which is presented in stages of
media such as television, comic books, comic strips, board games, video games,
and films with each episode following a narrative arc. An example of this would
be a series such as Prison Break which the story line unfolds over many episodes.
A typical story arc is laid out in a form such as a pyramid and is made up off:
- Exposition: The introduction of the story in which the characters are introduced, setting is revealed.
- Rising Action: A series of events that make situations complicated for the protagonist, creating a rise in the story's suspense or tension.
- Climax: The point of biggest amount off tension in the story and the turning point in the narrative arc from rising action to falling action.
- Falling Action: After the climax, the unfolding of events in a story's plot and the release of tension leading toward the resolution.
- Resolution: The end of the story usually in which the problems of the story involving the protagonists are resolved.
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