Writing Excuses 5.9: Character Arcs
John Brown joins us this week for a discussion of plot threads specific to characters. These can be the main plot thread, interesting sub-plots, or just things that shape characters. Sometimes they're things we do deliberately, and sometimes we discovery-write our way into these arcs. We talk about how we do this, and how we know when it is (and isn't!) working well. We ran a little long, but there were four of us, and we put LOTS of nuts-and-bolts stuff in this 'cast. Writing Prompt: Your cast of characters is trapped on an emotionally-responsive roller-coaster that mimics their own…
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