What is a character arc?

Answer 1

A character arc is the status of the character as it unfolds throughout the story.

Answer 2

A character arc is a series of plot points in either a story or novel which details what each character's role is in said pieces.

Kinda like an outline--but from the beginning.

Answer 3

In a story, most characters start in one position and end in another. The hero may be afraid of snakes at the start and brave to them at the end. That "changing" during a story is the characters "arc".

Answer 4

a character arc is the characters placement in the storyline and the further development of the character and the imporatnce of the character in the story to help the story move along and see teh rise and fall of the character...think of it as the characters building to teh climax and the quickly followed by the anti-climax. Or you could use a rollercaoster as a simile.

Answer 5

A character arc, comes from ARCHAIC, meaning to represent, or portray

Answer 6

In a work of fiction, it is the character's changing reactions to situations that keeps him or her from being boring. Andy Sipowicz in NYPD Blue morphed fron an unapologetic sleeze to a human being with vulnerability and some class, over the course of seasons, slowly and believably, learning a bite at a time.

Answer 7

this means that a character starts at bottom then reaches he/her's peak and then in the end it comes back down or you can start at top, bottom in the middle and then back on top again in the end like most films. hope this helps

Answer 8

http://storymind.com/articles/2004-09-20.htm