Author: Jennie Jarvis

Jennie Jarvis approaches narrative craft as a writer, filmmaker, and educator. Crafting the Character Arc grew from her teaching and workshop experience and was published by Beating Windward Press in 2014. The guide moves from foundational character traits, goals, and dramatic functions to Jarvis's Major Dramatic Curve, then shows how that framework can be applied across novels, films, television, games, plays, and web series. Her academic work includes teaching script production and analysis, while her filmmaking encompasses writing and directing. Experience in the classroom and behind the camera gives the guide a practical focus on how character change supports scene-level momentum as well as an entire narrative.