Creating Character Arcs: The Masterful Author's Guide to Uniting Story Structure, Plot, and Character Development

by K.M. Weiland

Questions to Ask About Your Character’s Arc in the Second Half of the Second Act 1. How is your character starting to take control of the conflict after the Midpoint? 2. How is the revelation at the Midpoint allowing your character to see the conflict in a new light? 3. What “tools” has the Midpoint revelation given your character that make him more effective in confronting the antagonist? 4. How is your character still clinging to his Lie? 5. How is his new Truth causing friction with his old Lie? 6. How is your character still out of sync with the Truth? 7. How does your character’s mindset still support the Lie? 8. How do his actions demonstrate his growing belief in the Truth? 9. How can you use a “before and after” scene to prove how your character is different from who he was in the first half of the story? 10. What false victory will end the Second Act? How has your character compromised the Truth in order to (seemingly) gain the Thing He Wants? 11. How have you blatantly demonstrated the Truth somewhere in the Second Half of the Second Act?