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Narrative Arc

Narrative Arc is a dramaturgical structure that organizes the progression of a story’s events and conflicts—typically from exposition through rising action, climax, and resolution—in order to shape the development, pacing, and affective trajectory of the dramatic action.

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2017–2026

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Story Arc

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Visual Narrative Structure

Neil Cohn · Cognitive Science · 2012 · 310 citations · Full text

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The narrative arc: Revealing core narrative structures through text analysis

Ryan L. Boyd, Kate Blackburn, James W. Pennebaker · Science Advances · 2020 · 179 citations · Full text

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From Beats to Arcs: Toward a Poetics of Television Narrative

Michael Z. Newman · The Velvet Light Trap · 2006 · 146 citations

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SceneCraft: Automating Interactive Narrative Scene Generation in Digital Games with Large Language Models

Vikram Kumaran, Jonathan Rowe, Bradford Mott et al. · Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment · 2023 · 65 citations · Full text

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Games and Narrative: An Analytical Framework

Jim Bizzochi · Loading... · 2007 · 57 citations

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Authors

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  1. KR
    Kristen R. Voetmann

    Seattle Pacific University, United States

    2 publications · 52 citations

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  2. MP
    Michael P. Yoder

    Seattle Pacific University, United States

    2 publications · 52 citations

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  3. PR
    Paul R. Yost

    Seattle Pacific University, United States

    2 publications · 52 citations

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  4. AS
    Alexander Shoulson

    University of Pennsylvania, United States

    2 publications · 25 citations

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  5. JM
    Janet Murray

    Georgia Institute of Technology, United States

    2 publications · 86 citations

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Institutions

26

  1. Georgia Institute of Technology

    Atlanta, United States

    3 h-index

    10 publications

    397 citations

  2. California University of Pennsylvania

    California, United States

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    33 citations

  3. Teesside University

    Middlesbrough, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    104 citations

  4. Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos

    São Leopoldo, Brazil

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

  5. Carleton University

    Ottawa, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    25 citations

  6. Tokyo Institute of Technology

    Tokyo, Japan

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

  7. Seattle Pacific University

    Seattle, United States

    1 h-index

    6 publications

    150 citations

  8. Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro

    Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    32 citations

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  2. Entertainment Computing

    1 publications · 16 citations

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  4. Loading...

    1 publications · 57 citations

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  5. Gondwana Research

    1 publications · 16 citations

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