Jed Herne breaks his solution down into three stages:
- Character arc
- The three Ps
- Theme
Character Arc
There are five aspects to a character arc that Herne addresses:
- What do they want?
- What do they need?
- What is the lie they believe?
- What is the truth they must come to accept?
- What is their ghost?
The Three Ps
- Promise
- Progress
- Payoff
Theme
The moral core of your story that characters must either accept or reject. This does not have to be explicit.