Can someone explain it's how the story goes nyt?

[laravinson]

Can someone explain it's how the story goes nyt?
The wording is very vague to me.
Any solution for it's how the story goes nyt?

 

[Ashleygomez]

The New York Times crossword would give ARC as the correct answer to the following clue; It is how the story goes. This is a so-called narrative arc, which is a chronological order of the plot development and the path that a story takes in its structure starting and finishing.