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Will Soodik
Writer
Films Discussed 1
- · Backrooms (2026) (w)
Draft Zero Episodes 1
DZ-131: Negative Character Arcs vs Negative Feelings
How do you make an audience feel negative when the character's arc isn't?
In our fourth entry into our series on character arcs, we explore both what makes an audience perceive a character arc to be “negative” AND separately what makes the audience feel negative about a character arc. The individual arc, as Chas puts it, is only one lever… →
Listen to learn how to control your audience’s perception of your character arcs.