Conflict Generator: Developing Antagonism on the Page
The key to a successful story readers can’t put down?
CONFLICT.
Without conflict, you don’t even have a story. You just have a collection of things that are happening to your protagonist, none of which carry the power to force your protagonist to change.
When writers hear ‘antagonism’, their brains often go to villains. Bad guys and gals. Evil masterminds. The Who Dun It behind the mysterious disappearances of all the Jennys in town.
But antagonism is SO much more than that.
My Conflict Generator will help you think through and develop the layers of antagonism at work in your story, whether you’re writing an epic fantasy or a contemporary coming of age story.
WHAT IT IS: A free resource to help you think through the layers of antagonism in your story.
WHY IT MATTERS: Conflict is the key to a successful story. Without it, all you have is a collection of things that are happening to your protagonist, none of which carry the power to force your character to undergo change and bring your story to a satisfying resolution. And yet lack of conflict, or lack of clarity on conflict, is one of the most common problems I see as a developmental editor and book coach.
A successful story needs layers of antagonism to create and sustain conflict on the page. Whether you’re writing epic fantasy or realistic fiction, your story needs to be infused with it, at every turn. By giving your protagonist challenges to overcome, choices to make, and setbacks to bounce back from, you give your readers a reason to keep turning pages.
HOW THIS CAN HELP: This resource dives into the different types of antagonism at work in your story with questions and prompts that will help you clarify who and what is getting in your character’s way.
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