Today, I’m posting over on AuthorCulture, with the post “Do You Know What Your Character’s Goal Is?” Here’s an excerpt:
Without question, the driving force of fiction is conflict, and the only way to create conflict is to create a character who wants something he can’t immediately have. This takes many different forms, everything from a bereaved father who wants vengeance, an orphan who wants a family, or a crook who wants to rob a bank. But the key factor in all good stories is knowing your character’s goal.
Keep reading!
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New Writing Masterclass: Flat Character Arcs: From Transformation to Integration
Writing Masterclass: Alchemizing Plot, Character, & Theme for Powerful Fiction
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I love your books and my favorite is Creating Character Arcs. You have caused me to write like a mad woman! Your guidance towards digging deeply into characters causes me to stop every few pages and write for an hour or so. Thanks to you I have developed some very complex characters and my story is turning and twisting like I never imagined. Thank you a hundred times over!
It seems all your posts on the AuthorCulture site only allows access to “invited readers.” Hope you don’t mind me asking for your assistance to access them!