How to Put Conflict Into Your Story

Tip 1 - The Secret to Creating Conflict - The Write Practice

We often think that to create conflict we need to show spectacular events. For example, a car chase, an argument between lovers, a fistfight, or the threat of a nuclear explosion. Or we think of conflict as some kind of internal suffering: depression, longing, or pain.But the truth is that if events and emotions were the only elements of conflict in our stories, we'd have some pretty flat stories.Conflict, in good stories, is not about spectacular events or painful emotions. Good conflict is about values.

Tip 2 - 5 Ways to Create Conflict in Your Story - ScreenCraft

Conflict drives a story. I might go so far to say that conflict is your story. But I think too often, we miss that pivotal connection between conflict and character....

Tip 3 - Five Ways to Add Conflict to Your Story

Are sections of your story dragging? It’s easy to say you should cut them out, but in reality, it’s difficult. Your slow points could form the foundation for your entire plot. Luckily, there’s an alternative: ...

Tip 4 - Story Conflict - Plot Structure

Find out how to add complications and twists to a story conflict to build suspense and keep your reader's interest.
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Tip 5 - Write and Create Your Book's Conflict

Learn how to plot and structure your story and novel by adding & increasing conflict. Author Eileen Cook (UNRAVELING ISOBEL) explains how.

Tip 6 - 5 Tools for Building Conflict in Your Novel | WritersDigest.com

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