Table of Contents

Introduction Can You Structure Characters?

Part 1: The Positive Change Arc

Chapter 1 The Lie Your Character Believes

Chapter 2 The Thing Your Character Wants vs. the Thing Your Character Needs

Chapter 3 Your Character's Ghost

Chapter 4 The Characteristic Moment

Chapter 5 The Normal World

Chapter 6 The First Act

Chapter 7 The First Plot Point

Chapter 8 The First Half of the Second Act

Chapter 9 The Midpoint

Chapter 10 The Second Half of the Second Act

Chapter 11 The Third Plot Point

Chapter 12 The Third Act

Chapter 13 The Climax

Chapter 14 The Resolution

Part 2: The Flat Arc

Chapter 15 The First Act

Chapter 16 The Second Act

Chapter 17 The Third Act

Part 3: The Negative Change Arc

Chapter 18 The First Act

Chapter 19 The Second Act

Chapter 20 The Third Act

Part 4: FAQs About Character Arcs

Chapter 21 How Can I Figure Out What My Character's Arc Should Be?

Chapter 22 Can a Character's Arc Be a Subplot?

Chapter 23 What Is an Impact Character? And Why Does Every Story Need One?

Chapter 24 Should All My Minor Characters Have Arcs?

Chapter 25 How Can I Use Rewards and Punishments to Get My Characters to Change?

Chapter 26 What if My Story Has No Character Arc?

Chapter 27 How Do I Write a Character Arc in a Series?

Also by K.M. Weiland

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