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Meet Our Newest Resident Writing Coaches!

September 24, 2020

Meet Our Newest Resident Writing Coaches!

September 24, 2020

Can you believe this is the 5th year of our Resident Writing Coach program? It’s true! And today we introduce (and reintroduce) the wonderful experts who will be joining us…

Conflict Thesaurus Entry: Lacking an Important Resource

September 19, 2020

Conflict Thesaurus Entry: Lacking an Important Resource

September 19, 2020

Conflict is very often the magic sauce for generating tension and turning a ho-hum story into one that rivets readers. As such, every scene should contain a struggle of some…

How a Character’s Job Can Awaken Unmet Needs

September 17, 2020

How a Character’s Job Can Awaken Unmet Needs

September 17, 2020

In fiction and film, often who a protagonist is at the start of the story and who they are at the end are different. Why? Because stories—the best stories—are about…

Conflict Thesaurus Entry: Discrimination or Harassment

September 12, 2020

Conflict Thesaurus Entry: Discrimination or Harassment

September 12, 2020

Conflict is very often the magic sauce for generating tension and turning a ho-hum story into one that rivets readers. As such, every scene should contain a struggle of some…

No Story Conflict? Explore Your Options

September 8, 2020

No Story Conflict? Explore Your Options

September 8, 2020

As a reader of Angela and Becca’s blog, chances are you’ve seen some of their many posts about the role of conflict in our story. In fact, as a Resident…

Conflict Thesaurus Entry: Being Given an Ultimatum

September 5, 2020

Conflict Thesaurus Entry: Being Given an Ultimatum

September 5, 2020

Conflict is very often the magic sauce for generating tension and turning a ho-hum story into one that rivets readers. As such, every scene should contain a struggle of some…

Writers, Are You Struggling? How to Turn the Page

September 3, 2020

Writers, Are You Struggling? How to Turn the Page

September 3, 2020

Between inflation, Covid, politics, and heightened friction on the world stage, there’s a lot of stress affecting our mindset. The result? Many of us aren’t getting as much writing done…

Conflict Thesaurus Entry: Wrong Place, Wrong Time

August 29, 2020

Conflict Thesaurus Entry: Wrong Place, Wrong Time

August 29, 2020

Conflict is very often the magic sauce for generating tension and turning a ho-hum story into one that rivets readers. As such, every scene should contain a struggle of some…

Conflict Thesaurus Entry: An Unwanted Romantic Advance

August 22, 2020

Conflict Thesaurus Entry: An Unwanted Romantic Advance

August 22, 2020

Conflict is very often the magic sauce for generating tension and turning a ho-hum story into one that rivets readers. As such, every scene should contain a struggle of some…

Conflict Thesaurus: A Competitor Showing Up

August 15, 2020

Conflict Thesaurus: A Competitor Showing Up

August 15, 2020

Conflict is very often the magic sauce for generating tension and turning a ho-hum story into one that rivets readers. As such, every scene should contain a struggle of some…