The Art Of Storytelling (Character)

Exercise 4: Character Arc

Part A: Identify the arc of the main character in your 3 favorite films.

• What do they want at the beginning?

Alita : Alita wants to be with Hugo

Emmet : Emmet wants to be with Lucy

Greg Heffley : Greg wants to be popular

• What did they realize they need by the end?

Alita : Alita needs to survive Nova

Emmet : Emmet Has to save his friends

Greg Heffley : Greg needs to brainstorm a plan to become popular

Part B: How have you changed as a result of overcoming an obstacle?

I have learnt that getting Robux needs money

Part C: Brainstorm ideas for how your character might change as a result of the obstacles you’ve identified in the previous exercise?

• What might they want at the beginning?

to become a Quidditch champion

• What might they realize they need at the end?

They need to stop Voldemort