If I may, I'd like to offer a few personal views and insights: my terminology differs slightly:
"Moral weakness" = "Flawed INTERNAL belief system"; which equates to: faulty/harmful beliefs, irrational/exaggerated fears, and also "emotional wounds", that they carry with them from their past.
Faulty beliefs, fears and wounds...
... manifest themselves in the OUTWARD (visible) behavior of the character, in:
My only issue with using "Physical weakness", is that most people equate "physical weakness" with lack of "physical strength" and not "behavior"; which is what you are describing (using it for).
And also, using "Moral" weakness denotes the character "lacks morals"; when in reality, they could just be behaving badly "outwardly" due to fears, or past wounds (and not necessarily due to having immoral beliefs).
It can be confusing for those (newbies) who don't fully comprehend the concepts and terminologies of the "inner and outer" worlds of story characters.
This wasn't an attempt to be critical (I enjoyed your article) I was just attempting to highlight the possibility of some people being confused with your terminology choices.
Hey Matt, excellent article.
If I may, I'd like to offer a few personal views and insights: my terminology differs slightly:
"Moral weakness" = "Flawed INTERNAL belief system"; which equates to: faulty/harmful beliefs, irrational/exaggerated fears, and also "emotional wounds", that they carry with them from their past.
Faulty beliefs, fears and wounds...
... manifest themselves in the OUTWARD (visible) behavior of the character, in:
"Destructive EXTERNAL [or outward] behavior." (characteristics/mannerisms)
My only issue with using "Physical weakness", is that most people equate "physical weakness" with lack of "physical strength" and not "behavior"; which is what you are describing (using it for).
And also, using "Moral" weakness denotes the character "lacks morals"; when in reality, they could just be behaving badly "outwardly" due to fears, or past wounds (and not necessarily due to having immoral beliefs).
It can be confusing for those (newbies) who don't fully comprehend the concepts and terminologies of the "inner and outer" worlds of story characters.
This wasn't an attempt to be critical (I enjoyed your article) I was just attempting to highlight the possibility of some people being confused with your terminology choices.