Negative character arc

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, I wrote an article on character arcs. In that article, I explained the importance of developing character arcs in your stories, established the three arcs found in fiction, and broke down the eleven major beats that comprise the most popular of the three

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Flat arcs are the black sheep of character arcs, focusing on characters that have already discovered their truth. So how do you write a flat character arc?

Each positive character archetype inherently represents a struggle with related shadow archetypes--one passive and one aggressive.

Your negative character arc could follow one of three primary variations.

What’s the major difference between the Second Act in a negative character arc and the Second Act in a positive character arc?

Let's take some good traits and take them to their worst possible conclusions, twisting them into something negative.

At the heart of every good story is conflict. In plot-driven stories, this conflict is primarily external in nature . The protagonist fights to overcome a series of obstacles and/or defeat an antagonist in their quest to achieve a particular goal. For example, in Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Game