• Writing Conflict: How to Keep Your Protagonist on Their Toes

  • Apr 9 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
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Writing Conflict: How to Keep Your Protagonist on Their Toes

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  • Most humans try to avoid conflict as much as possible, but novelists love conflict.

    Without conflict, a novelist has no story. Conflict keeps your novel moving forward and your readers turning pages.

    As Vladimir Nabokov once said, "The writer's job is to get the main character up a tree, and then once they are up there, throw rocks at them."

    But how do you get your protagonist up a tree? What kind of rocks should you throw?

    In this week's episode, I interview professional fictional rock-thrower, Angela Hunt, to discuss the six classic conflicts. In this episode, you'll discover Biblical and modern examples of classic conflicts

    How to mix the conflicts to make your story more interesting
    Which conflicts resonate with most readers today

    If you want to up the tension in your book or make your next novel more riveting, listen in or check out the blog post to find out how to add and layer the six classic conflicts to keep your readers reading.

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