One of the most obvious differences in structure is that the positive, steadfast, flat-arc protagonist starts on an accurate worldview-sometimes referred to as the "truth." This is almost always, more or less, the primary theme of the story. (However, I wouldn't recommend getting hung up on trying to make a side flat-arc character hit all the same points as a protagonist one would.)
Since this can (like a lot of writing concepts) be a little difficult to "see," I'm gonna go ahead and guide you through a positive steadfast protagonist story.Īnd even if you never intend to write a flat-arc story, this may still be helpful to some degree, as most stories will feature a flat-arc character, even if they are not the protagonist. Writing a steadfast protagonist is like being left-handed in a right-handed world. This means, that frankly, a lot of the same moments happen, if a little differently. Luckily, as I mentioned in a previous post, the flat-arc protagonist story has pretty much all the same pieces as the change-arc protagonist story-many of them are just reversed. A couple of times, I've been asked to explain how positive steadfast, flat-arc protagonists actually work in story structure (or "beat sheets," if you prefer that term).
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