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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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.Wh...
Basic Plotting ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A plot is the pattern a story follows, the most common being:-- Beginning
-- Middle
-- EndAll successful (read: popular ) stories have patterns. Sometimes it's simple, sometimes it's complex, but all of the stories read or told often enough to remain in the popular mind of any culture have a pattern, a plot.Here are some examples of simple plot patterns Traditional: He came.
He saw.
He conquered. American Dream Version: He came.
He conquered.
He became very rich. The Heroic version: He conquered.
He became the leader of his people.
He died in the middle of a glorious battle to defend h...
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