Assuming this vocabulary: the narrative arc is the arc which makes the plot go forward, while the emotional arc is the arc which engage the character on a deeper, not always logical level. While there are several lists of narrative arcs archetypes, it …

2019年7月17日 · You could give closure to the "move" from British Guiana to a new location, by cementing a character, a place, a community, a faction, as representing British Guiana in the new location. The homesick character; the embassy; an immigrant community. The element hasn't gone away; it's just adapted to the story. Signal your scope.

2019年11月22日 · If you intend to flip perspectives in the story, they should be along hard shifts in the story's scene (If character A and B are both perspective characters, A should not be a perspective character in the same scene where B is a perspective character and vice versa, and you need a hard break like a new chapter to switch from one to the other.

2022年5月16日 · The main character does not change, but everyone around them does, and the other characters could follow both positive and negative arcs, but the main character believes in a truth and the essence of the story is that they will continue to do …

2019年7月23日 · Successful stories can have a protagonist in either camp; it's just that static characters don't serve character-driven stories, and most stories are character-driven. They work better as a point of access for the reader to stories that are at their core about mysteries, societal issues, and adversarial events that are bigger than any one person.

2022年9月28日 · The reason your examples feel like such hollow character arcs is because they bend the character to the plot rather than having the character grow and develop because of the plot. Or act because of the plot. The most important thing with character progression is logic. How did the character get from point A to point B? Cause and effect.

2021年7月22日 · I would love to hear, in-depth, your system for keeping track of character arcs happening simultaneously in a novel. Particularly for characters' emotional highs and lows which don't sync up. I am really bad at creating my own systems but good at following others'.

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2023年3月25日 · When writing complex arcs, it's best to start with one overarching plotline. The one that draws all the characters in. You need to have a clear beginning and the ending in place, so that everything fits tidily in there. Then think up a subplot that does not take away the power of the first plotline, another mystery to tease the reader.

2024年3月6日 · Brainstorm a list of 3 or 4 characters (motivations, backstories, personalities, etc), and the write a scene with each of them interacting with the main character, playing the role of the character you're trying to fit. It can be the same scene for each, or different scene for each version of the character. Ideally write it from their point of ...