Conflicts and Goals: How Do They Work in Romance?
In talking about active vs. passive goals, the concept gets even more complicated if we’re writing multiple-protagonist stories like romance.
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Story planning tips and advice. Sample topics: using beat sheets, developing arcs, techniques for those who write by the seat of their pants, deciding on story ideas, etc.
In talking about active vs. passive goals, the concept gets even more complicated if we’re writing multiple-protagonist stories like romance.
Pin ItOur characters don’t want to change, so they often start with passive internal goals. How we can make those passive goals work for us and our story?
Pin ItIt’s time for another post as a Resident Writing Coach over at Writers Helping Writers, and this time we’re talking about how to choose good story goals.
Pin ItHow detailed is too detailed when it comes to planning our story? What can we can learn about leaving our options open as we draft our story?
Pin ItTo hear some authors talk, we’d think there are strict plotters and strict pantsers and nothing in between, but there’s really no end to the mix of approaches we can use in our drafting.
Pin ItWithout spoilers for Avengers: Endgame, let’s explore how the power of the Marvel movies isn’t about the plot or spectacle—but with the characters.
Pin ItSome writers plan their worldbuilding details in advance. Others…not so much. How can we worldbuild when we write a series by the seat of our pants?
Pin ItEver feel like popular writing advice doesn’t apply to your story? Defining our story’s mix of drive vs. focus might help us know when advice is a bad fit.
Pin ItAnytime we make a lot of changes to our story, we risk problems, but it helps to track the edits we need to make. How can we organize our revision?
Pin ItEvery page of our story should include tension, such as friction between characters, but how do we create characters who clash? Let’s see how to develop characters who create tension in every interaction.
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