Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
on Fiction University: A strong character arc will weave its way through the turning points of the plot. A character arc is the internal struggle and progress a character goes through over the course of a novel that changes them in some way. It’s usually…

Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
on Helping Writers become Authors: Complex characters are the beating heart of good fiction. The simplest and most effective ways to engineer this complexity is to create contrast, and one of the most intuitive tools a writer can use for identifying which contrasting elements are…