Why writers need conflict, and how to write it
This happened with the book I just finished which is why it gave me such a headache. I had a lot of rewriting to do.
One of the key ingredients of any novel – or, indeed, any piece of fiction – is conflict. It’s the glue that holds readers to the story.
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Conflict in all its forms explains the ‘why’ of the plot – gives meaning and place to what is happening. It helps readers identify with the characters.
All conflict has to tie in to the characters, one way or another; it’s how we learn about them, and it’s how they learn what they need to progress through the story.
Conflict takes many forms. It can be conflict between characters: people who don’t get along, or who have different points of view, and who argue. Usually it’s argument over direction needed to resolve a plot problem.
Conflict can also be between the characters and the environment – as in Hemingway’s The Old Man And The Sea.
Ideally it is a…
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