Showing posts with label The Why and How of Creating Conflict in the Stories We Write. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Why and How of Creating Conflict in the Stories We Write. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 7, 2022

The Why and How of Creating Conflict in the Stories We Write


by Sarah Sally Hamer @SarahSallyHamer

Have you ever fallen in love with one of your characters and don’t want them to suffer? So you create a story where everything goes right, over and over and over. The boy gets the girl and they live happily ever after. Or the guy catches the fish and everyone has a good dinner. Or the knight (or knight-ess) kills the dragon and everyone goes home. 

How is that working for you? 

The problem is, that’s not what STORY is all about.