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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…

Conflict Thesaurus Entry: Losing One’s Temper

August 8, 2020

Conflict Thesaurus Entry: Losing One’s Temper

August 8, 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: Public Humiliation

August 1, 2020

Conflict Thesaurus Entry: Public Humiliation

August 1, 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…

A Mother Lode of Resources on Character Occupations

July 30, 2020

A Mother Lode of Resources on Character Occupations

July 30, 2020

With every new book release, Angela and I write a bunch of posts that cover various aspects of that topic. We’ve found it useful to collect all of those resources…