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How Your Character's False Belief Weaves through a Storyboard--Creating the Narrative Arc

How Your Character's False Belief Weaves through a Storyboard--Creating the Narrative Arc

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Mary Carroll Moore
Apr 26, 2019
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Character in fiction and memoir is built on the convoluted pathways of false belief. As readers, we witness the journey along these pathways: the unconsciousness of a character at the start of the book, the changes as they grow more aware, shedding their limited views of self and life.  It makes for a great structural model for story, both memoir and fi…

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