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The Character Arc
Advanced Plotting:
The CHARACTER ARC
PLOT ARC: The events that happen while the characters make other plans.
CHARACTER ARC: The emotional roller-coaster that the character suffers while dealing with the Plot.
Understanding Plot
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To make a story a cohesive whole, every single thing in it must be there for a reason. Every single character, object, location, and event must push toward the ending you have planned even if it doesn't look that way to the casual observer. In short, every scene in the story should either illustrate a characteristic attribute of a main Character or be an Event that makes your ending happen.
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Plots and Plot Twists.
What is a plot? A plot is a series of sequential events that make up your story. Sure, anyone could have told you that. But, how to write one? How can you make something this simple extraordinary?
Plot is comprised of 3 different parts; beginning, middle and end. Think of it this way
this is how the problem started, this is how we fix it, and this is how we fixed it. Make sense? As long as you stick to this simple outline, it will be much easier for you to create your plot. Plots are also comprised of other parts; the exposition, rising a
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The Art of VILLAINY
The Art of VILLAINY ~ Making Realistic Villains for your Fiction ~
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"People will do far more to Avoid Pain than they will to Seek Pleasure."
-- CIA Profiler Gavin DeBecker on Human Nature
True Predators
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When I craft a villain, I go out of my way to make darned sure that my fictional villains are as realistic as the villains we face in real life. I begin by giving them ordinary human Issues.
Within every villain (fictional and non-fictional) there's a human issue at core that drives them to BE villains in the first place. Even mass murderers have reasons (however twisted) for doing what they do.
NO villain
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This guide is specifically for those people creating a new country or planet. If you're working with a city just north of Venice, go research Italy (unless you already live there).
More Setting Development from MetalMagpie
More Thoughts on World Creation from Charanty
RanGen's World Generators offer random scenery, location, species, and laws generators
Springhole's World Generators cover additional subjects such as holidays, coins, plants, lost civilizations, and more
This resource is subject to editing. If you see something important that I'm missing, please comment and I can add it. If you come back in two months, there may be new information.
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Character Questionnaire
Active Ingredients
Convenient location for consolidating facts (986 mg)
Useful reminders (310 mg)
Advice (127 mg)
Uses
This is a questionnaire meant for recording important information in a convenient place to facilitate consistency.
Directions
Copy and paste text into a Sta.sh Writer, .txt, or Microsoft Word document. Highlight information after the colons and type over it. When writing, record facts about your character here to keep track of them.
Warnings
The questionnaire is not a substitute for proper character development.
Do not use if you have not written any scenes with this character.
Stop and ask a doctor if you find yourself uncertain about what the answers to many of these questions are.
Keep out of reach of children. If swallowed, get medical help or contact a Poison Control Center right away, and purchase a new computer.
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It's very interesting! Thanks!