And here’s the crux of the matter – story arc relates to character arc relates to character flaw (blind spot) and virtue and it’s what the story is really about.
Last time, we talked about how to deepen characters and how EVERYBODY LIES (thank you Dr. House). Lies are critical for great fiction. To become excellent writers, we need to become great secret-keepers. Denial is more than a river in Africa š .
Iād started a series on this a few months ago and Shingles got in the way of the next posts I had planned. But, the first of the intended series was about THE WOUND.Ā Ā Check it out if you have a bit of time.
Most of us donāt go around lying because we are pathological liars. We lie because of our wounds. And, if you read the post, wounds donāt have to be big to be BIG.
Newer writers sometimes think we have to have a rape or death for it to be āenoughā but never underestimate āsmallerā wounds. They are far more common, very damaging, andā¦
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Author Matt Bowes and the Dog's Breakfast 