When you get physically uncomfortable with what you’re writing, that’s like an X on the map. Dig there.

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If your character is a Virgo, make sure people argue with her. A lot.

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CONFLICT

Good conflict is when people want mutually exclusive, life-changing things. GOOD CONFLICT: Jenny’s father wants her to quit school so she can nurse her chronically ill grandmother and he can keep his job as a long-haul truck driver. Jenny wants him to sign a letter of consent for a prestigious military academy so she can…

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