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 …
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 …
Introduction: Welcome Gods and Goddesses, Tyrants, Supreme Overlords, and, in other words, writers. Today, we begin our journey towards character creation. If you’ve been with the Myers Fiction family since our World-Building posts, then you now have a world full of many things, but maybe not the inhabitants of your story. And if you search …
Recap: Last week we covered building your world from the world-out. Topics included defining where your world is in its evolution on your novel’s timeline and where your world began. Today will continue along this path as you fill your world with characters. Definitions: Archetype: a very typical example of a certain person or thing. …
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Kenneth W. Myers 