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Conflict moves a story forward, keeping both characters and readers involved. Consider the ultimate conflict---betrayal by a friend---as a way to amp up the conflict in your fiction.

Sometimes novice authors write scenes that are fun and action-packed but simply don’t contribute anything to the story. These parts of the tale are called runarounds and are best avoided.A goo…

“One of the functions of art is to give people the words to know their own experience… Storytelling is a tool for knowing who we are and what we want.”

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Tropes can be a marketing point for our book, letting potential readers know what to expect from our story.