BLUF: The flat character arc follows a character who already knows their truths and doesn’t change or grow throughout the story, but they change the world around them. You see flat character arcs more often than you realize. After reading the definition above, do any come to mind? Some examples that come to mind are …
I know I promised a book review this month, but I ended up unable to read past the 25% point of the book. I won’t review a book that I couldn’t finish, because there are a lot of reasons that I stopped. But with that said, I still wanted to use this time to talk …
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BLUF(Bottom Line Up Front): A transformational character arc is one where a character goes from Joe Snuffy to Captain America. Often associated with epic stories and the archetypal hero’s journey story structure. Examples Harry Potter Steve Rogers Bilbo Baggins Luke Skywalker Beginning: In the transformational arc, your character begins as a normal person in a …
So, you have your character’s starting point, where to next? One starting point is the character arc. Often, as readers and viewers, we already connect with four of the main story arcs without realization. As you learn more about character arcs, you may realize that you’ve got a favorite. For example, a lot of the …
From academics and writers to soldiers and sailors, the “what if?” game is a popular sport. Whenever you deep dive into the study of a book, a football game, or even family interactions, you may ask yourself, what if? What if the author wrote this character as a girl, boy, nonbinary, or pick your poison? …
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