This last weekend, I taught a class on character arcs at the LDStorymakers Writers’ Conference. I was really pleased with how it went!
Today I’m sharing the presentation itself as well as links to all the articles I referenced in my presentation. So, here we go!
The Presentation
via Prezi
I’ve left it so that you can zoom in/out on whatever you’d like. (Sorry, no sound effects 😉 .)
The References
A lot of the presentation came from my series on character arcs:
- Character arcs—what about ’em?
- Starting and ending the character arc
- Finding the character arc
- Shaping character arcs—the middle
- Micro character arcs in scenes
- Micro character arcs in sequels
- Are character arcs necessary?
- Character arcs and gender
- Everything you ever wanted to know about character arcs
My character arcs series is also available as a free PDF! (More free writing guides.)
Other awesome references:
Alicia Rasley’s articles on character arcs:
- Changes and Choices: External Action and Internal Reaction by Alicia Rasley
- The Internal Journey by Alicia Rasley (this has the list of some character arcs)
Blog posts on Michael Hauge’s classes:
- The Inner Struggle: Guides for Using Inner Conflict That Make Sense by Janice Hardy
- Making Emotional Journeys and External Plots Play Together by Jami Gold
- An Antidote to Love at First Sight by Jami Gold
- Are These Characters the Perfect Match by Jami Gold
These are the articles I referenced directly, but I studied a lot of great information on character arcs. I’ll be sharing more about character arcs later this week on my newsletter—be sure to join for the latest news & writing resources!
With a brand new baby, attending a conference is always a challenge. My husband was wonderful enough to take care of her at home until after my presentations, and then I took her after that.
Baby’s first writers’ conference! (She was 5.5 weeks.)
It’s always so good to hang out with “my people”: writers!
What do you think? What’s your favorite part of writers’ conferences? Were you at Storymakers? What was your favorite part?
Photo credits: Character arcs—Riccardo Romano
Beautiful presentation, chock full of excellent information. Thank you for sharing it with us here! I’m going to have to bookmark this page and come back to it often. And congratulations on the new baby! She’s darling!
Thanks on both counts, Shelli! Glad you enjoyed the presentation!