Unlock the Secret to Crafting Characters That Stay with Readers Long After the Last Page
A character arc is a path of transformation. The story’s events reshape the character’s behavior, personality, worldview, or lifestyle, causing the character to change.
Most character arcs involve growth; characters undergo positive development over the course of the story and end up wiser, stronger, or better off in some meaningful way. Harry Potter starts out as an awkward, lonely orphan who is mistreated by his aunt, uncle, and cousin. But he emerges as a great and powerful wizard. Yet it’s not wizardry that makes Harry Potter great and powerful. It’s the commitment, courage, and kindness that he develops throughout the course of the story. The choices he makes through every step of his journey determine the course of his character’s evolution.
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