Conflict Exercises

Writers need practice and experience in thinking through their ideas so that they are suited for use in a story. The most common issue for a story idea is that it contains no conflict: no stake for a particular character for whom we feel sympathy or tension.

This exercise prompts you with each specific element of a story.

A character...

...in a context...

...with a problem...

...works against an antagonist with cross purposes...

...and learns something about himself/herself...

Done?

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