tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999125118927001112.post5335249137784895355..comments2023-09-16T05:02:59.946-07:00Comments on Heroines with Hearts: ArcsDebra St. Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07154130275058459169noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999125118927001112.post-61011554228209945342011-11-01T18:16:20.203-07:002011-11-01T18:16:20.203-07:00"Why" is definitely the most important q..."Why" is definitely the most important question. I think that sometimes, I forget my characters' motivations when I write. Nice reminder.J E Fritzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03372746219262163566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999125118927001112.post-11024649684966841692011-11-01T16:51:27.589-07:002011-11-01T16:51:27.589-07:00Great post, Jennifer. We're off to a good star...Great post, Jennifer. We're off to a good start with our alphabet series.<br /><br />A fellow Chicago-North member gave a program to our chapter once on character and story arcs. She used the movie "Pretty Woman" as an example to show how the characters' goals evolved and changed throughout the course of the movie as the plot went through it's various 'movements'. It was really a great example of what you're talking about.Debra St. Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07154130275058459169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999125118927001112.post-47361784482528779542011-11-01T15:18:56.988-07:002011-11-01T15:18:56.988-07:00You have an action-packed life, with all your acti...You have an action-packed life, with all your activities, but I know what you mean. Readers need to be taken into a believable 'land-of-make-believe' which, although it sounds like it, isn't actually a contradiction as far as romance novels are concerned.Paula Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10040623635956769807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999125118927001112.post-66359634595947962132011-11-01T15:16:03.094-07:002011-11-01T15:16:03.094-07:00Last thing I want, Paula, is to read about charact...Last thing I want, Paula, is to read about characters whose lives are as "boring" as mine! ;)Jennifer Wilckhttp://www.jenniferwilck.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999125118927001112.post-72123963520699317972011-11-01T12:04:38.768-07:002011-11-01T12:04:38.768-07:00A good summary, Jen. Getting the story arc right i...A good summary, Jen. Getting the story arc right is often easier than the character arcs. But you're right that they need to be seen to make some kind of 'progress' during the story.Paula Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10040623635956769807noreply@blogger.com