The Inner and the Outer Character Journey

Why Your Readers Need Both

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Even if they haven’t studied creative writing, writers instinctively know that characters go on a journey that will change their lives forever. Having been exposed to movies and books since childhood, we have the character ARC structure imprinted into us, and we have an expectation of how each story will develop. However, when writers begin to plot…