Timeframe of Story
A story has a temporal dimension that is created by changes that put the story into the “flux of history” (Ryan, Storyworlds Across Media, 2011). A story’s temporal dimension (story time) exists within storyworld time.
See the three-part post on storyworlds – Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 – for more information about “story time” and “storyworld time”.
Sub-Stories
One or more sub-stories may be included within a story. The section on story structure discusses examples of how sub-stories can be used in various types of narratives, including transmedia narratives. Sub-stories have the same basic structure as the stories they are within, although they may be shortened and simplified. Sub-stories provide opportunities for development on multiple media.