Remember, the self-revelation is made possible at the beginning of the story. This means that a good self-revelation has two parts: the revelation itself and the setup. The moment of revelation should have these qualities: • It should be sudden, so that it has maximum dramatic force for the hero and the audience. • It should create a burst of emotion for the audience as they share the realization with the hero. • It should be new information for the hero: he must see, for the first time, that he has been living a lie about himself and that he has hurt others. • It should trigger the hero to
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