Conflict Archives - Charlotte Rains Dixon

Creative Tension in the Writing Life

Once I had a writing friend who set her computer screensaver to show the words, “Why aren’t you writing?” And, indeed, that is the question, isn’t it? It is the question at the heartbeat of a writer’s days. Why aren’t you writing? Why are you watching TV when you could be writing? Why are you […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 7 years ago

Character Conflict

Creating Characters: Compassion and Conflict

I was quite taken with this post from Sandra Pawula on compassion when I read it last weekend. (I'm actually quite often taken with admiration for Sandra's posts. If you haven't discovered her blog, go read it now.) In the post, Sandra writes about how compassion is linked to boundless, deep love and then, and […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 12 years ago11/03/2015

Conflict Essentials of Fiction

Conflict in Minor Characters

Okay y'all, this is going to be a quick post. My dear, beloved son is in the hospital and life has gotten a bit askew the last few days. He is battling an infection from a cat bite and it's been a wee bit scary, I must say–red streaks up the arm and all that. […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 13 years ago11/03/2015

Conflict

The Writing Secret that Will Vitalize Your Work (And Help You Get Published)

And the secret is…. Conflict. Also known as tension. Adding lots and lots of it (probably far more than you imagined you could or should) is what will make your fiction and non-fiction, pop, sizzle, and sell. It is also what makes a book or a story a page-turner. (Like the novel, The Improper Life […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 13 years ago11/03/2015