Characters

Toy warriors holding arrows in conflict
Writing
Robert Wood

What is Conflict in a Story, and Why Should I Care?

To many writers, conflict is the basic unit of story – the thing that turns a series of events into an actual narrative – often more important than setting, characters, and even narrative cohesion. After all, you can lose all of those features of a story and still write something that grips the reader.

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How to write characters who actually like each other
Writing
Robert Wood

How To Write Characters Who Actually Like Each Other

One of the problems of writing characters who actually like each other is that much of the value of friendship goes unspoken in day-to-day life. Friends don’t spend all their time explaining why they like each other or unpicking the positive qualities of their relationship.

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