Character Development: Origins, Beginnings, Arcs, and Endings

Welcome back to the series on Character Development and Evolution. Today we’re going to talk about character Origins, Beginnings, Arcs, and Endings.

First we’re going to address the difference between the Origin and the Beginning. Chances are good that we’re not going to meet a character at birth and follow his whole life story. Where we meet your character at the beginning of a story is, well, the Beginning. Like I mentioned in the last segment, this is meeting your new coworkers on Monda...