Fiction Writing: Conflicts and Characters

by James @ Men with Pens

Almost all good stories need conflict – and not the epic battle-style of conflict. The conflicts that bring characters alive are the smaller conflicts that occur between two people, a small group and the internal conflicts we deal with on a daily basis.

Conflict adds an incredible amount of depth to characters. Without conflict, a character falls flat. No one wants to read about Joe Schmoe and his easy life where everything goes his way.

There has to be something beneath the surface, something that compels a character to do what he does – something to give the reader a reason to care. That something is internal conflict.

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