Believable Change, Part 2

<p>How to build a story arc, and then ruin it. It's a cautionary tale, my friends.</p> <p class="p1">“Brigitte,” Installment One of Tales from Vlaydor, is available on ebook and audiobook. Follow the link to find them on Amazon:</p> <p class="p2"><a href= "https://www.amazon.com/s?k=brigitte+devin+davis&ref=nb_sb_noss_1"> https://www.amazon.com/s?k=brigitte+devin+davis&ref=nb_sb_noss_1</a></p> <p class="p2"><span class="s1">Become a patron today! Visit <a href="http://patreon.com/writinginthetinyhouse"><span class= "s2">patreon.com/writinginthetinyhouse</span></a></span></p> <p class="p1">Get ahold of Krissy Barton with Little Syllables editing services. She does free sample edits to see if you and she would be the right fit. <a href= "http://www.littlesyllables.com"><span class= "s3">www.littlesyllables.com</span></a></p> <p class="p1">Instagram: @authordevindavis</p> <p class="p1">Twitter: @authordevind</p> <p class="p1">The following is an imperfect transcript of this episode. A complete transcript can be found on the show’s webpage.</p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">[00:00:00]</span> Last week, we talked about character arcs, especially transformation arcs, and how we need to keep the essence of the character still intact, even though they are making different decisions. And today we are going to talk about how to ruin all of that just by the reaction or how the other characters in the story behave.</p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">[00:00:24]</span> Today on Writing in the Tiny House. Hello, hello, hello. And welcome to today's episode of Writing in the Tiny House. I am your host Devin Davis, and I am the guy who writes and talks about writing. The whole point of this podcast is to get you to write a novel in 18 months and to have the wisdom to adjust that timeline, if you need to. So today we are talking about character arcs again. Last week, we talked about how to make a good character arc, how you need to preserve the essence of that character.</p> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">[00:01:20]</span> And re