Tag: fiction
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Writing Tip 03: Conflict
“A story needs conflict. That is key,” the author at my first writer’s conference said. Mmm, I was not so sure. I did not like conflict as a sixteen-year-old. It was not until I understood the definition of conflict in author circles and how to use it that I realized a story must be conflict…
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Building Characters
A story is about a character changing through events, not changing events that pulls a character along. Think of it like this: you would still have character if you lived in 1812. Good character arcs can be dropped into any setting and still have character. Events do not lead the story; characters do. In the…