Writing a Fall Arc: How to Show a Character’s Moral Decline

When writing a Fall Arc, writers get to explore the slow, often heartbreaking process of moral or emotional decline. In this type of Negative Change Arc, the characters’ refusal to change or acknowledge their flaws becomes a central theme. They hold onto a Lie—a deeply ingrained…
https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/writing-a-fall-arc/

#Characters #characterarcs #characters #fallarc #negativechangearc
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Bestial Human Road Runner
Hand drawn Ink art by William McAusland, writing by Colin Chapman
Long-legged and quick (move 12m per round), bestial human road runners are omnivores with a taste for bugs, lizards, snakes, and rodents, as well as vegetation. They have a sharp beak and talons (SV +7/ DMG 1d10), and react quickly to opportunity and danger (+1 initiative).
Humanoid road runners can fly clumsily with their wing-arms (10m per round), and while airborne can use their misshapen hands, to either employ a one handed weapon or drop a rock or grenade from each hand.

Check it out: https://www.outlandarts.com/expansionrules.htm or
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/499645/the-mutant-epoch-rpg-expansion-rules
or https://www.amazon.com/dp/0994923791

#roadrunner #bird #birdman #runner #beast #bestial #manimal #RPG #ttrpg #bestialhuman #characters #wasteland #mutantepoch #apocalyptic #expansionrules #postapocalyptic #themutantepoch #outlandsystem #outlandarts #mutants #mutant #epoch #inkartist #apocalyptic #fallout like #gammaworld
 #humanoidanimal #roleplayinggame #indiegame #beepbeep

When designers think outside the box. Studio Ghibli designed this DVD case to make it look like the characters are checking their reflection in the water.
Sweet!

Is it weird to have a first person story about a (not exactly human, but the story isn't about that) person who has a tail- which is central to the drama of the story, but we actually won't know this person has a tail until the drama begins, late in the 'tale'?
#writing #story #fiction #characters

https://www.evshift.com/323498/safetycar-in-110-characters-with-pierre-gasly-humanfirstprogram/ #safetycar in 110 characters with Pierre Gasly #HumanFirstProgram #Characters #ElectricCars #ElectricVehicles #EV #Gasly #HumanFirstProgram #PIERRE #renault #RenaultUK #Safetycar

Disillusionment Arc in Storytelling: A Powerful Tool for Character Growth

The Disillusionment Arc is one of the most powerful and emotionally resonant transformations a character can undergo. At its core, this arc is about awakening—shedding comforting illusions to face a…
https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/disillusionment-arc-in-storytelling-a-powerful-tool-for-character-growth/

#Characters #characterarcs #characters #disillusionmentarc #negativechangearc
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Bestial Human Penguin
Hand drawn Ink art by William McAusland, writing by Colin Chapman

With their waddling gait, short legs, and slow walk, bestial human penguins are considered quite comical, and because of this they have little difficulty being accepted into many human communities, though they may find themselves figures of fun in these. Of course, most humans overlook the carnivorous nature of penguin-men, and the fact that these birdoids can deliver a savage bite with their beak (SV +7/ DMG 1d10).

Check it out: https://www.outlandarts.com/expansionrules.htm

#penguin #thepenguin #bird #birdman #pingu #happyfeet #beast #bestial #manimal #RPG #ttrpg #bestialhuman #characters #noaiart #williammcausland #wasteland #mutantepoch #apocalyptic #expansionrules #postapocalyptic #themutantepoch #outlandsystem #outlandarts #mutants #mutant #epoch #inkartist #Kamloopsartist #apocalyptic #fallout like #gammaworld
 #humanoidanimal #roleplayinggame #indiegame

2k followers!! Thank you all so much! I'm sharing progress here on the #indiegamedev for our dark fantasy and #horror VN, Catalyst: Blind Faith. I wanted to do something special, so please enjoy this party member preview! #vndev #art #illustration #characters

A yeen for these difficult times.

Using a Character’s Personality Traits to Generate Conflict

When it comes to generating conflict, your character’s personality can help ensure sparks fly, especially when their traits clash with someone else’s. When people grate on one another their interactions become filled with misunderstandings, power…
https://writershelpingwriters.net/2025/04/clashing-personalities-to-create-conflict/

#ActionScenes #CharacterArc #CharacterFlaws #CharacterTraits #Characters
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Many thoughts about new story, including making it original #characters vs #FanFiction, but not written much. Felt such emotions for one character, it seems better to keep it a fanfic so they and another can play a more interesting role, and not just be really sad.

Talking about Gabe from #LockeAndKey and #FiveHargreeves of #TheUmbrellaAcademy btw. They’re both suited to a story like this, in a few ways, and very interesting to throw together.

Five Ways to Get Your Protagonist to Realize They’re the Problem

We’ve all heard the writing advice that we need to throw rocks at our protagonists. More obstacles, more tough choices, and more loss test them and force them to grow and change. This is all true and necessary. But one…
https://writershelpingwriters.net/2025/04/five-ways-to-get-your-protagonist-to-realize-theyre-the-problem/

#CharacterFlaws #Characters #ResidentWritingCoach #WritingCraft #WritingLessons
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Doodling some new designs for my characters. Im always making changes.... #characters #manga #anime #design #comics #myart #doodles #drawing #webcomics

new video about drawing mature faces
you can activate the subtitles !
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/W7nnDVf3yas
#noai #sketch #drawing #painting #characters #gamedev #gameart #digitalart #clipstudiopaint #MastoArt

How Writers Can Use the Four Stages of Knowing in Character Arcs

Great character arcs are built on transformation, and one of the most powerful frameworks for understanding this journey is the four stages of knowing in character arcs. These stages map a character’s growth through initiation to enlightenment to…
https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/four-stages-of-knowing-in-character-arcs/

#Characters #Podcast #StructuringYourNovel #characterarcs #characters
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Stop and Listen

Exploring colouring ideas

These little dudes with the fancy masks form the bulk of the characters you will interact with. As such, I’ve been sketching a bunch of them to explore ideas. I’ve also been experimentally colouring those sketches.

#characters #colour #mask #sketches #TheEndlessRoomsGame #Art

Historical Fiction Novels With Actually Once-Living Heroines: “Queen’s Gambit” ; Elizabeth Fremantle

https://www.thirstyspittoon.top/2025/03/literature-box-43-memepic-dump.html

A New York Times Best Of 2021: “The Copenhagen Trilogy” ; Tove Ditlevsen (Translators: Tiina Nunnally and Michael Favala Goldman)

https://www.freenovelsonline.top/2025/01/literature-pot-26-memepic-dump.html

#JasonStatham Doesn’t Want His #Characters to Get #Punched

https://www.vulture.com/article/jason-statham-doesnt-want-his-characters-to-get-punched.html