plot structure
Revenge Arc
A character's driving motivation is vengeance for a past wrong — loss, betrayal, or injustice — which shapes their choices throughout.
21 books
What to Expect
- → Expect a protagonist who has organized their entire identity around one goal
- → The love interest often complicates or challenges the revenge plan
- → The question is whether the revenge will satisfy or hollow them out
- → Often ends with a choice between the plan and something they didn't expect to want
- → Dark and emotionally intense — the protagonist is not always sympathetic
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