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What Went Wrong? Story Conflict and How to Make it Stronger
In your story or novel, something must go wrong. Without conflict, there is no story. As you develop a plot, it’s helpful to think about what is the worst thing that could happen and then figure out if you can make that even worse? The absolute worst thing–the thing your character fears most of all–MUST…
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death
Does Your Story Need a Tragic Death? A friend was talking to me about stories in which a child dies. he asked, “Is a child’s death in a novel just a cheap narrative device?” Well, it depends. Depth of Characterization. How well do we know the character? Do we know and care for the child?…