• Focus on conflict in opening lines
• Utilize both internal and external conflicts
• Center on internal flaw for compelling story
• Use confidant to reveal hero’s inner turmoil
• Develop complex antagonist to maximize conflict
• Deliver thrusts and counterthrusts
• Use man vs. man conflict in story
• BONUS: “Imagination? It is the one thing beside honesty that a good writer must have.”
7 Great Tips to Create Conflict in Your Story
