If there’s one solid rule in fiction, it’s that every effect must have a cause. If your character is in need of undergoing a Change Arc, then one of your first tasks is figuring out why he needs to change. What happened to cause him to embrace this obviously damaging Lie? Humans are survivors. We’ll do anything we can to move toward life, comfort, and peace. But we’re also self-destructive. We can focus so tightly on one aspect of survival that we sacrifice other elements. In our quest to be top dog in our chosen careers, we can sacrifice our emotional health through poor relationship choices
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