tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199047805421218885.post8675301041075731598..comments2023-10-21T11:09:01.727-04:00Comments on OLD BLOG: A Writer's Slightly-Warped Universe: A to Z Blogging Challenge: O is for...StratPlayerCJFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07341440379767694905noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199047805421218885.post-86651039327067095182012-04-18T08:40:40.891-04:002012-04-18T08:40:40.891-04:00To ALL: Sorry for the delay in responding! I'...To ALL: Sorry for the delay in responding! I've been swamped busy lately and have lagged horribly on my responses. Please know that even though I have not replied as quickly as I would have liked, I really, really appreaciate your visit and comment!!!<br /><br />@Jemima: Thank you so much for your kind words! And inner conflict and oppostition can often be the best kind!<br /><br />@jesssica: Thank you so much! And I totally agree with you! Getting that sympathy with the characters is vital for your reader.<br /><br />@Simon: Absolutely! Again -- inner tension can often be the most compelling.<br /><br />@Nicole: Thank you very much!StratPlayerCJFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07341440379767694905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199047805421218885.post-69074570560536323842012-04-17T21:43:04.245-04:002012-04-17T21:43:04.245-04:00Excellent point - layers of conflict build the ten...Excellent point - layers of conflict build the tension.Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10680066584646789184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199047805421218885.post-52574092751900795402012-04-17T15:58:26.157-04:002012-04-17T15:58:26.157-04:00Great post. Conflict is obviously central to story...Great post. Conflict is obviously central to story but I do agree that this doesn't have to mean a fight scene on every page. Just some problem or tension explored or deepened will keep it interesting.Simon Kewinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11537163555998763769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199047805421218885.post-11868813775222534232012-04-17T08:23:29.282-04:002012-04-17T08:23:29.282-04:00Yeah, I've definitely had this feeling as well...Yeah, I've definitely had this feeling as well. The traditional writing advice is "conflict on every page" which can feel like a bit much. (It can also make your story drag on forever - at a certain point readers are going to wonder why NOTHING GOOD EVER HAPPENS to your character!) These days I take "conflict on every page" to mean that your character's longing needs to palpable in every moment. They don't have to actually be fighting or going up against something, etc., but they have to want something and they have to know that something else is standing in the way. That gives them motivation and keeps the pages turning. Then, when the major points of conflict do occur, hopefully the reader will want to grit their teeth and dig in with the character.<br /><br />Great post!.jessica.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02724052361769518376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199047805421218885.post-73003710473767778442012-04-17T07:15:56.898-04:002012-04-17T07:15:56.898-04:00Hi Chris! Nice blog...
I know what you mean about...Hi Chris! Nice blog...<br />I know what you mean about 'why' do we have to have the conflict... The more I read about writing, the more I think my characters have it far too easy. Yet they are engaging and readers get to care about them all the same. They always have a problem to solve and they always have more adventures than they expected in solving them.<br /><br />The things they are really challenged by and are overcoming may be more subtle though. Things within themselves.<br /><br />Loving your AtoZ!Jemima Petthttp://jemimapett.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com