How to write conflict

Conflict checklist Helps establish plot before writing by establishing conflict details

Conflict is important in all kinds of stories. A story where all is well and perfect is not an interesting story at all. There has to be some form of conflict that divide the characters, that make the characters suffer, that forces the characters to show their true colors, etc.

Answer these questions for all your protagonists, antagonists, and supporting characters. Make a note whenever one character’s interests conflict with another’s. Play up these conflicts in your writing.

Writing advice.

Want to know how to create conflict in your stories? Here are 4 practical ways you can use to create conflict in your novel.

Learning how to create tension in writing is important whatever your genre. Read more on writing a page-turning novel.

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There are six major types of conflict you can use when writing your novel: Person vs Environment, Person vs Person, Person vs Society, Person vs Self , Person vs the Supernatural, and Person vs Technology

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At its simplest, conflict consists of the obstacles your protagonist faces in her quest to achieve her objective. Without it, your story would be super short and not so fulfilling.