Romancing the Story: Writing Romance, Storytelling, and Book Structure

Ep 59 - Creating Compelling External Conflict for a Captivating Story with Susan Sheehey


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"...What drives the conflict most are the character's goals and motivations. So you have to ask 'what is the main character's top goal in life and the focus of the story?'..."

Author and Developmental Editor, Susan Sheehey writes compelling stories by embracing flaws, loving imperfections, and building external conflict. She reminds us of the great storytelling tools, goals, motivations, and conflict, and as we chat, she helps troubleshoot what authors can do if a story gets stuck without a conflict.

We also discuss methods for gaging conflict and some of her favorite ways to track conflict while writing.

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Link to Susan's books:
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