Talk:Story arc

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thanks for spoiling seinfeld season 7 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.73.176.209 (talk) 03:55, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Dramatic structure: a change?

This paragraph asserts that the function of a story arc is "to effect a change" in the main character(s). Any support for this? It seems to me that an arc can just as easily work as just a longer version of a standalone episode, where the basic situation is eventually restored. Ccoll 19:04, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Anime?

Has there been anything published that explains why anime is more likely to have story arcs than Western animation and live action shows? --NE2 06:11, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Apparently someone who helped write this article loves Naruto. You would think something like One Piece which is MUCH longer than Naruto would be made an example of. --71.232.134.189 22:50, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Well, if speaking of story arcs in anime, I'm sad, that Meitantei Conan isn't mentioned. First, becauise to my knowledge it is the longest running manga/anime with one long running story arc, namely Kudo Shinichi's and his allies battle against the Black Organization (the last one actually makes up a whole mini-series from file 588 to file 609) and secondly for it subplots involving the character develoment. Shinichi1977 11:24, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Story arc usage in North American TV series

Why is this restricted to North American TV series? 81.132.55.17 17:20, 23 January 2007 (UTC) Elmo

I think because NA is the most well known for using the term. Britain uses a different term for this, I think. Check out Serial. I guess it's just that American TV producers are most known for using the phrase to describe this tactic. But I'm not sure on that. 24.3.214.213 10:42, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

It is also strange that two great series were omitted: WiseGuy and Murder One. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jjjuke (talk • contribs) 20:29, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

Oh yes, let's be concerned about which of our favorite shows are not mentioned rather than how the ones we do mention illustrate and define the subject of the article. Two paragraphs are wasted on name-dropping two sci-fi and four anime series without any examples as to why they apply. The paragraphs on I Love Lucy and The Fugitive are good examples of what is needed in this article. --OGRastamon (talk) 00:04, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

set up

incititing incident

forming alliances

rising action

apperent defeat

what is the final confrontation

falling action

resolution —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.175.215.136 (talk) 15:03, 21 March 2008 (UTC)