How to Write Conflict without “Bad Guys” — Guest: Angela Ackerman

Close up on woman's worried face with text: 5 Ways to Add Internal Conflict

Angela Ackerman is sharing 5 methods to dig into our character and find their inner conflict—and examples for how to implement the ideas too!

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Writing Conflict: Love, Work, and Office Romance — Guest: Angela Ackerman

Couple on a reflective overlook of an office tower with text: Office Romance? Play with the Conflict

Our character’s job can be a source of story conflict, but how can we avoid clichés, especially with an office romance? Angela Ackerman shares her tips.

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What’s Our Character’s Job? Here’s Help (& a Giveaway)!

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Before we figure out how to tie our character’s occupation to the story, we might need to understand more about the job and what it means for them.

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Crafting a Relationship That Matters — Guest: Angela Ackerman

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How can we create powerful relationships in our stories? Check out Angela Ackerman’s insights and examples for crafting characters.

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How to Improve Our Story with Action Beats

Dog jumping to catch ball with text: Is Your Story Ready for Action?

For dialogue attribution, action beats are more flexible than dialogue tags for our writing, adding details to our story and immersing readers in the scene.

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Writing Craft: How Point-of-View Affects Dialogue

Tangle of wires on telephone pole with text: Keeping Dialogue & POV Clear

We often want to share both characters’ reactions during dialogue. How can we do so without causing point-of-view, head-hopping, or attribution issues?

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What’s Your Personal Story?

Asian woman holding a notebook and thinking with text: What's Your Story?

Many are struggling with anxiety, but stories have power in a crisis. Beyond the stories we write, there’s also the story we tell ourselves about our life.

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