This morning one of my CP's had great news. After coming close to finaling in a contest she is a finalist in another one! I'm happy for her. I've never seen anyone who has worked as hard on improving her writing as she has.
Also this morning, I read the PRO ask-an-author daily log. It had something on it that struck a chord with me. It talked about layering conflict and gave the conflicts in three parts: the personal, the interpersonal, and the societal.
I'd never thought of it in so many parts and when they explained them - it made a lot of sense. The author said to give your characters conflict in all three areas.
Personal- put them in conflict with themselves about something.
Interpersonal - is the clashing of the hero and heroine.
Societal - is often the external conflict/ or actions by one character forces the other to make choices that put them in conflict with themselves and their family/friends/society.
I've never looked at that broad of a spectrum with the conflict, but I know I have instinctively pulled in all three, but never really dug deep into all three. We'll see if this really did click when I finish this contemporary.
3 comments:
Sometimes it really helps to have things spelled out in black and white. Thanks for sharing the tip!
Interesting way to explain it. Thanks for sharing!
And congrats to your CP! Great news!
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