Character Arc & Development - Novel Writing Tips: "Role of a Character Arc
* Keeps the tension high and the conflict going.
* Serves as the “inner” conflict and is always mirrored by the story's “outer” conflict.
o e.g. DieHard: Inner conflict = overcome internal weaknesses to be able to get back together with wife; Outer conflict = fight bad guys who have taken over wife’s building.
* The Arc is the internal change the hero goes through in a story.
o It can be positive change of character—a happy ending
o Or a negative or no change—which gives us a tragedy.
+ Characters who remain essentially the same from beginning to end are fatally flawed. They have learned nothing from their experience and have shown no growth.
o Or the character is already ‘good’ and doesn’t change (e.g. James Bond, Braveheart, John Wayne)."
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