Story Arcs

Whist doing my textual analysis, I began to think about how the radio play I will be producing is going to be structured. After researching narrative structures, I found this useful information on 'story arcs'. Here is an outline of a story arc in my own words:

• Everyday life where people are going about their business as usual

• Something happens to the main character that is out of their control

• Some action (a "quest")

• A surprise

• The main character has to make an important choice

• Climax!

• A turn-around in the story which is the result of the important choice

• The story is resolved and there is a new "everyday life" situation where the characters are better off or worse off because of their experience in the story