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Leap of Faith and Climax
Q: I have just completed a storyform for a story. Now, I am trying to flesh out my Leap of Faith and Climax. I understand that the Leap of Faith is the moment that the Main Character makes a choice between "changing" and remaining "steadfast." It’s just that I’m a little unclear on what exactly the Main Character is choosing between and for which throughline?
A: For Change Characters, the leap of faith is to go from using the Main Character Problem to using the Main Character Solution. The Main Character's Growth (arc) comes from the Main Character getting past the distraction of the Main Character Symptom and off of the efforts to implement the Main Character Response.
"ENGLISH" VERSION: Change main characters believe their problems are caused by the side effects of the underlying problem, which we call the Symptoms. Main characters respond to the effects of the symptoms in an effort to resolve them. These response efforts do not stop the symptoms, but these response efforts cause main characters to mature (grow) by stripping away their blinders to the underlying problem. By the end of the story, main characters have grown sufficiently to see both the source of their troubles and the side effects. As change characters, they choose to abandon their work on the symptoms and address the problem's source directly by adopting the solution to that problem.
For Steadfast Characters, the leap of faith is to stay the course by seeing the problem as external (Main Character Symptom) and continuing the effort to employ the Main Character Response. The Main Character's Growth for steadfast Main Character's comes in the form of shoring up the Main Character Problem from the leeching effect of the Main Character Solution. For Steadfast Main Characters, the Main Character Problem is seen more as the source of the Main Character's drive than a problem, and the Main Character Symptom is seen to lessen the drive.
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