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the shortest path from boring to dramatic, taking the scenic route on purpose
means A curved line or section of a curve, or by extension the gradual rise-and-fall path of a story or transformation over time.
from From Latin 'arcus,' meaning a bow, an arch, or anything bent — the same source that gives us 'archer' and 'arch.' English borrowed it through Old French 'arc' for the curved shape, and centuries later writers stretched the geometry into metaphor: a character's 'arc' bends through a tale the way a drawn bow bends toward release.
- electric arc
- Lightning's tame cousin, hotter than the sun's surface
- story arc
- Coined so audiences crave the curve, not the line
- arc minute
- A sixtieth of a degree, how astronomers split the sky
- welding
- Bonds metal using a controlled lightning bolt at hand
- covenant
- Ark is the box; arc is the bend
arc de triomphe — monument in paris, france, completed 1836, honors military victories
joan of arc — french military leader executed 1431, canonized as saint in 1920
arc de constantine — triumphal arch in rome, italy, built 315 ad to honor constantine's victory