u/Dangerous-Suit-5596

Hello I've posted this one on a different subreddit but I originally wanted to post it here.

I am working on a story where my MC is kind of a cynical dick at the start.

The plot follows him as he is hired by women to see if she is being stalked. Now usually he would take a job like this very seriously. But due to his personal life being a mess he doesn't really care about the job.

He tells everything fine, gets paid and moves on with his life and cynical ways.

Now this is where the story takes a backseat for two chapters. During which is just gonna follow my MC being a cynical dick.

Then he's gonna find out the lady who hired him was beaten within an inch of her life. And due to him not caring he missed it and failed to warn her.

He has quite a reaction to this and blames himself fully for this happening.

And he decides to make things right and try to find whoever was behind it.

This will cause him to change his attitude and will be his redemption arc.

Is this redemption arc earned

Now I have posted this on another subreddit but they said it could work but I would like to know what you find people think.

I'm working on a story where the main character is kind of an asshole at the start.

The plot follows my MC as he is hired by a young woman to see if she is being stalked. Now usually he would take a job like this seriously but his personal life is a mess so he half asses the job.

He tells her everything is fine, gets paid and continues on with his life thinking nothing of it.

Now for like two chapters the main story is gonna take a backseat and it just gonna follow my MC being a cynical dick.

Then he finds out that the lady who hired him was beaten within an inch of her life. She was being stalked and due to him not caring he missed it.

He blames himself for what happened and this will cause him to change his attitude and he will try to find the stalker.

A redemption you would say but is it earned.

I would love your guy's opinion on it.

(Edit spelling.)