Monday, 27 February 2012

Tip #204: Character arcs (in 5 easy steps)



1. Ask the impossible of your character.

2. Make them a) want it, and b) believe they can achieve it: this will motivate them to put themselves through hell to get/achieve it.

3. Allow them to reach a crisis where they realise they will have to change in order to get/achieve it.

4. Allow them a chance to re-evaluate their desire/need.

5. a) Your character changes and achieves their goal, b) your character realises they never/no longer need(ed) it, or c) your character tries to change and fails.


H. R. Filmore's Reminders to Self, January 2012

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