Thread:1997Q/@comment-5951231-20190623200301/@comment-38424898-20190624094115

A Story Arc (arc as in "over-arching storyline") is a sequence of series installments, TV episodes, comic issues, or a certain period of time in a Video Game that puts characters through their paces in response to a single impetus; basically, an ongoing storyline. ... Arcs are not necessarily consecutive episodes. An arc my be several chapters or volumes or episodes long but it is still only part of the story. Also an arc ends. ... And often the word saga suggests that the story is a sad story. And a saga differs from an arc in that a saga does not really need to end.