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Character Arcs
A character arc is the transformation of a character through the course of the story.
Character Arcs can be:
Physical - life to death; rich to poor; fat to thin; pristine to broken; weak to strong
Mental - sane to crazy; foolish to wise; innocent to enlightened; confusion to clarity; forgetful to remembering
Spiritual - bad to good; stingy to generous; out of love to in love; non-beliver to beliver; intolerant to tolerant
All transformations include an emotional arc. Determine how your character changes and identify the emotional arc in your story.