What is a story arc?

What is a story arc

Exposition

• This is the part of the story where the character/s and setting is introduced
• Narrative exposition is the insertion of important background information within a story; for example, information about the setting, characters' backstories, prior plot events, historical context, etc.

Conflict

• Conflict is a struggle or a problem. It occurs in three phases;
• Rising action
• Climax
• Falling action
• This adds suspense and excitement to a story.
• There is often four types of conflict;
• Character Vs Character
• Character Vs Nature
• Character Vs Society
• Character Vs Themselves
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Rising action

• This is the event that increases the tension. These events lead to the Climax.

Climax

• The climax can be one or many problems that create the high point of the story. Usually at the climax you can foreshadow the story's ending.

Falling action

• This is when the tension starts to decrease and everything begins to settle down.

Conflict

• The conflict has now been solved and usually indicates the ending, there could possibly be a 'happy ever after'.
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