How to Write Great Fiction

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WARNING — Danger Ahead…

Good fiction writers need to be ruthless manipulators of their characters’ life. That means revealing their hidden desires, setting a minefield for them to cross through conflict, and then forcing them to jump over all the side-hurdles you place in their way.

Conflict and trouble move a reader to keep turning pages. Think about it. If you observe a car accident about to happen, can you just walk away? On the contrary, you’d be glued in place as the scene unfolds before your eyes.

For whatever reason, we humans don’t seem to find a fictional story interesting without conflict. It can be internal or external or a combination of the two. But you, as the master manipulator, must conjure up every last bit of trouble you can imagine and then throw it at your characters.

Bring those characters to their knees physically or emotionally, but break them you must! Only then are they forced to dig for their deepest desires and motivations, and those will make them heroes of their own story.

At this point, you can be their shield bearer. Help them rise from the ashes to reach the goal they didn’t know they had in the beginning. Do ALL of that and you’re on your way to writing Great Fiction.

“Sometimes it’s the journey that teaches you a lot about your destination.” Drake

How to Write Great Fiction — Tip 9

What’s your problem

How to Write Great Fiction — Tip 1

Reading comes first

How to Write Great Fiction — Tip 10

Your little moth wings must flutter

Crossing the Chasm — Part 1

She needed a savior — but the devil would have to do

Dare She Stay — Chapter 1

She can’t decide if he’s her fanciful hero or worst nightmare