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The first time around, I was led by my characters. When I came to a fork in the road, to channel Yogi Berra, I took it - wherever the characters wanted to go. They led me out onto an uncompleted bridge, from which I could only see desert.
A reversal is an event, but recognition is the irreversible emotional change within the characters brought about by that event.
“The personages of a tale shall confine themselves to possibility and let miracles alone.”
road map,
Aha! I can relate to this. I just planned a trip, beginning with Start and End, then figured how far to drive each day and added hotel stops. Next, having heard horror stories about trusting Google or GPS, I checked each turn in the directions against an online map, viewing actual "streetside" photos of any which might be problematic.
We expect events to affect the main character in such a way that they force a change in his personality. Your main character should be a different person at the end of the book than at the beginning.
Finally you realize you must stop everything and ask yourself, “Who’s in charge here?”
So far, I'm still the ringmaster.
if you show a shotgun in the first act, it must go off in the third act.
when something happens in this world, it must happen for a reason.
