What Does a Flat Arc Character Want?

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Historical and speculative novelist K.M. Weiland offers tips and essays about the writing life to help other writers understand the ins and outs of the craft and the psychology behind the inspiration.

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This week's question is from @AdaWPanda: "I've been going through the character archetypes and really looking at where my characters fit. One thing that I began to wonder, though, is how do the Flat Archetypes fit into the Want/Need/Fear setup? There seems to be plenty of ways a character/person in general could still have these despite going through a transformative arc (e.g. a fear of losing trust from others -- Ruler, maybe? -- or of losing their loved ones -- Parent, maybe?), but it seems like these fears won't get in the way of the Truth they've now learned. So I was curious if flat archetypes can even be mapped onto Want/Need/Fear in context to the plot or in relation to other characters. I am assuming that flat archetypes will tend to hold a Truth as you've noted before. Any advice on creating deeper character setups with the flat archetype?
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