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Conflict

Settings Using Setting to Create Conflict in Fiction

Author Tanya Grant dives deep into the ins and outs of using setting to create conflict in fiction, including building plot and characters.

Writing Techniques I Have a Conflict—And That’s a Good Thing Dean Monti

Writing Techniques Better Story Structure Through Musicals and Kung Fu Movies Rob Hart

WD Podcasts Evoking Emotion and Conflict in Fiction and Nonfiction The Editors of Writer's Digest

Write Better Fiction A Conversation With Robyn Harding on the Importance of Conflict in Page-Turning Thriller Novels (Killer Writers)Clay Stafford

Write Better Fiction 4 Rules on How to Write the Conflict Between Loyalty and Self-Interest in Fiction Kelly Loy Gilbert

Writing Habits and Practices How To Give Your Novel Layered Conflict by Treating the Story Like a Living Organism Jen Michalski

Writing Prompts Plot Twist Story Prompts: Prank Pulled Robert Lee Brewer

Writing Prompts Plot Twist Story Prompts: Contrary Act Robert Lee Brewer

Writing Techniques Amp up Your Story Impact: Pushing Against and Leaning In Tiffany Yates Martin

Write Better Fiction What They Don’t Teach You in MFA Programs: 5 Rules for Writing Stories That Work Chris Mooney

Write Better Fiction Script Classics: Conflict at the Core—Four Types of Conflict Karen Ann Lefkowitz

Writing Your First Draft 10 Ways To Hook Your Reader (and Reel Them in for Good)Ann Garvin

There Are No Rules Blog by the Editors of Writer's Digest Writing the Unlikeable Character (and Why You Should)Adrienne Crezo

Write Better Fiction 5 Ways to Increase Conflict in a Story Eileen Cook

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