Mark Kamibaya

Who’s someone that you look up to in real life? Why do you look up to them? When you understand who you look up to your personal heroes, you will better understand how you want your reader to view your protagonist.

What are some negative arc stories that use catharsis well? How do they accomplish this catharsis?

What has most helped you in your growth in the Christian life? How can you apply this to your storytelling?

We’ll be using the same thread for these next three lessons. After you’ve watched the lesson that corresponds with the character arc you’re using in your work-in-progress, develop your character arc by plotting out the five key scenes and determining what each of them will look like for your protagonist. Then post your results here!

Why do people change? What has caused you to change the way you lived in the past?

Decide what Experiment in Living your protagonist begins with, and which Experiment in Living he or she ends with. Also decide if you only want to include these two experiments, or if you want to include some transitory experiments. Then post your results here!

What do you think will help you personally put yourself in your character’s shoes?

Take the theme you chose for your story and create five different Experiments in Living. Then, develop two of those experiments to include poetic justice and post all your results here!

Let’s try to find the concepts we talked about in this lesson in other stories. Pick a favorite story, figure out what its theme, focusing question, and message might be, and then post your results here!

Discover the major theme of your novel, discover your focusing question, create five different answers for your focusing question, and then choose one of those answers to be your novel’s message. Then post your results here!

What most excites you about theme?

What are you most hoping to take out of this course?

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