Friday, Feb. 26

Shading the Arc of the Main Character

Regardless of whether your Main Character changes or not, how does he or she get there? Does your character simply flip a switch at the end of the story? Or does he or she grapple with and grieve over the issue right up to the moment of truth?

Melanie reveals that Change or Steadfast does not have to be an either/or/black/white binary decision. There are an unlimited number of ways an author can shade this concept of Main Character. As long as, in the end, the audience can determine which of the principal characters changes and which remains steadfast, the story will still make sense. How the story gets there is where the art comes in.