Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Fatal Flaw

Read Jonah 1-4

Jonah 1:3 "But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord."

A fatal flaw is a trait or belief a character has that compels him to make poor decisions. Those poor decisions further complicate his life and cause him unnecessary problems.

Even when this fatal flaw is pointed out to him, he has a hard time acting against it and usually succumbs to making mistakes. But the character’s fatal flaw doesn’t have to ruin his life.

The story can go in one of two ways. The writer can show how the character grows and leaves the fatal flaw behind or the fatal flaw can be used as a good thing—the very thing that saves the day and causes the character to triumph over his adversaries.

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