6 Types of Conflict (With Examples)

Posted on October 4, 2020     Leave a Comment

The six main categories of conflict are already pretty well established in writerly circles and I saw no point in deviating from it; however, to help you along, I have also included three possible examples of each. This is by no means and exhaustive list and I have tried to keep it generalised, but I hope you find it useful.

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16 Character Goals

Posted on September 27, 2020     Leave a Comment

I decided it was probably time for me to knock together a little list of character goals… This list is a lot shorter than my list of motives, mainly because I’ve tried to keep these very general even though goals are usually very specific to the story, but I hope you’ll find it helpful.

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A Protagonist’s Anatomy #1: Motive, Goals, Conflict & Epiphany

Posted on June 28, 2020     Leave a Comment

And so for the first post in the series it seemed only right that I begin with the four things that form the beating heart of any good character: motive, goals, conflict and epiphany.

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Creating Conflict Between Your Characters

Posted on October 13, 2019     Leave a Comment

Creating a strong conflict is mandatory in any style or genre of story writing. Your reader will bore quickly without it.

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