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The Initiate Brother and Plot Promises (Spoilers)

(Photo by Peter Hershey on Unsplash) I am not a pantser. If I don't know where a scene is going to go before I start writing, I end up staring at my screen after three sentences. Some people are the opposite. If they plan ahead, they feel constrained and uncreative. I'm guessing that Sean Russell falls in this… Continue reading The Initiate Brother and Plot Promises (Spoilers)

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Two Ways to Take Advantage of Character Arcs

(Photo by Evgeni Tcherkasski on Unsplash) There are a lot of reasons to have a flat character. Too many arcs happening in a story clutter the narrative. It's hard to show side characters changing without going into their POV. But there are also opportunities that come from having a side character grow and change during a story that… Continue reading Two Ways to Take Advantage of Character Arcs