In each scene, the writer sets up a situation, which brings a conflict as well as either a small victory or a loss at the close of that particular scene.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
There is a comfort zone of knowing where things are going and having characters in place, but the action gets more and more dramatic and is very challenging to describe.
There's something to play if there's conflict going on. Whatever that conflict is, that's where drama is; if the character is grappling with something you've got something to play, there's layers to it.
When you're a writer, you're always looking for conflict. It's conflict that drives great stories.
I always try to create conflict and drama in my books; it's the engine of the novel.
Any time you get two people in a room who disagree about anything, the time of day, there is a scene to be written. That's what I look for.
There's conflict in every story.
How it works for me is that a scene comes to mind, usually a scene between the hero and heroine, that depicts the emotional conflict. From that scene, the characters come alive for me. I don't do a lot of preplanning in any way when I write.
The fight in theatre is focus, focus, focus.
What separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new twist of fate.
A conflict begins and ends in the hearts and minds of people, not in the hilltops.
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