Creating Character Arcs: The Masterful Author's Guide to Uniting Story Structure

by K.M. Weiland

Powerful Character Arcs Create Powerful Stories

Have you written a story with an exciting concept and interesting characters-but it just isn't grabbing the attention of readers or agents? It's time to look deeper into the story beats that create realistic and compelling character arcs. Internationally published, award-winning novelist K.M. Weiland shares her acclaimed method for achieving memorable and moving character arcs in every...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1944936041
• ISBN13: 9781944936044
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Penforasword
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Really Enjoying- Very Helpful

Highly recommend this book for all levels of Authors- it is very concise and dense with useful, engaging information and plenty of helpful, thought provoking questions at the end of each chapter. The chapters are: *PART 1: The Positive Change Arc *The Lie Your Character Believes *The Things Your Character Wants/Needs *Your Character's Ghost *The Characteristic Moment *The Normal World *The First Act *The First Plot Point *The First Half of the Second Act *The Midpoint *The Second Half of the Second Act *The Third Plot Point *The Third Act *The Climax *The Resolution *PART 2: The Flat Arc *The First Act *The Second Act *The Third Act *PART 3: The Negative Change Arc *The First Act *The Second Act *The Third Act *PART 4: FAQs About Character Arcs *How Can I figure Out What My Character's Arc Should Be? *Can a Character's Arc be a Subplot? *What is an Impact Character? Why Does Every Story Need One? *Should all my Minor Characters Have Arcs? *How Can I Use Rewards and Punishments to Get my Character to Change? *What if my Story Has No Character Arc? *How do I Write a Character Arc in a Series?