Facts about story arc.

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What is story arc?
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• The narrative arc also called the story arc
  refers to the shape and structure of a story. It
  is universal and pertinent to both fiction and
  nonfiction. This arc reflects the events in your
  story, the sequence of occurrences in the plot,
  and determines the troughs and crests that set
  the pace.

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It sometimes comes in handy to think about the
story arc as though youre setting up a simple
dramatic play. Evidently, youve got three acts
to tell your story.
In Act One, you set the tone and introduce your
audience to the setting, the characters, and the
seeds of conflict.
In Act Two, your characters grow, respond and
change in accordance with conflicts and
circumstances. They set about trying to resolve
the big puzzle, the seminal idea. Usually, the
conflict escalates to a climax.
In Act Three, characters resolve the Big Problem
and the story concludes.
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So, how does a Narrative arc differ from a plot?

• Imagine every scene of your novel summarized on
  notecards! This entire stack of cards is your
  plot, but the order in which you lay them out is
  your narrative arc. The plot is comprised of the
  individual events that make up your story whereas
  your story arc is the sequence of those events.
  Carefully sequencing your plot into a cohesive
  story arc helps readers navigate through your
  story. It sets expectations that you can either
  satisfy or disrupt. Thinking about your arc is
  integral around the whole point. What if your
  Scene-1 notecard actually belongs in the climax?
  What if you have too many scenes based on
  internal conflict in a row and it derails the
  narrative?

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Freytags Pyramid The Five Elements of a Story
Arc

• Exposition.
• Here, the reader is introduced to the story. The
  exposition puts through the background
  information to prime the audience for the rest of
  the story. It includes the introduction of the
  main character-the who, setting-the where, and
  the circumstances-the when.

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• Rising Action.
• This is when conflict begins to build up. The
  rising action usually begins with an inciting
  incident, the triggering point that sets the
  main events of the story in motion. This is when
  the audience starts to realize what your story is
  really about. Here the visual representation
  describes the structural elements of the plot.

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• Climax.
• The highest point of tension in your storyline is
  the climax. This is often the point at which all
  the different subplots and characters converge.
  Usually, the climax requires the main character
  to face the truth or make an important choice.

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• Falling Action.
• This is the point triggered by the protagonists
  decision. In the falling action act, the conflict
  gives way to resolution. Loose ends of the story
  are tied up, and tension begins to dissipate.

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• Resolution.
• Resolution is also known as denouement. This is
  how the stories are ended. The resolution of a
  narrative arc isnt always happy or pleasant. Yet
  it does close the loop and show how the events of
  the story have transformed the characters and the
  world around them.

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