Conflict Thesaurus Entry: Having Feelings for Someone Off-Limits
Conflict Thesaurus Entry: Having Feelings for Someone Off-Limits
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…
Read more…Conflict Thesaurus Entry: Being Sabotaged
Conflict Thesaurus Entry: Being Sabotaged
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…
Read more…Conflict Thesaurus Entry: Being Given Bad News
Conflict Thesaurus Entry: Being Given Bad News
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…
Read more…Avoiding Change: What’s Stopping Our Characters?
Avoiding Change: What’s Stopping Our Characters?
Stories are about change. Our characters’ world is changing around them, or they’re changing internally—or both. Yet at the same time, we know change is hard. In our own lives,…
Read more…Conflict Thesaurus: Facing a Challenge Beyond One’s Skill
Conflict Thesaurus: Facing a Challenge Beyond One’s Skill
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…
Read more…How Realistic Should Your Action Scenes Be?
How Realistic Should Your Action Scenes Be?
At a conference some time ago I was on a panel with some fellow thriller writers. During the Q & A we got this question from the floor: “How can…
Read more…Conflict Thesaurus Entry: An Unexpected Pregnancy
Conflict Thesaurus Entry: An Unexpected Pregnancy
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…
Read more…Conflict Thesaurus Entry: Unwanted Scrutiny
Conflict Thesaurus Entry: Unwanted Scrutiny
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…
Read more…4 Keys to a Powerful Denouement
4 Keys to a Powerful Denouement
Often as writers, we put a lot of our focus on the starting, climax, and middle of a story, and the denouement or falling action may be somewhat of an…
Read more…Motivation for Character Arc: A Different Approach
Motivation for Character Arc: A Different Approach
When it comes to discovering and writing about your character’s motivation, there are a dozen different methods. We can get there by any number of roads—most of which originate in…
Read more…Conflict Thesaurus Entry: A Delay that Makes One Late
Conflict Thesaurus Entry: A Delay that Makes One Late
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…
Read more…Conflict Thesaurus Entry: Being Offered an Easy Way Out
Conflict Thesaurus Entry: Being Offered an Easy Way Out
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…
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