It’s time for another post as a Resident Writing Coach over at Writers Helping Writers, where we’re digging into how story structure problems can cause surprising issues.

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Story Problems? Check Your Structure

What does it mean to take a different approach to conflict? And how can that understanding help us keep readers engaged in our story?

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Storytelling Conflict: A Broader View

It’s time for another post as a Resident Writing Coach over at Writers Helping Writers, where we’re exploring our options for no/low conflict stories.

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Does Every Story Need Conflict?

Last time, we discussed how to introduce our characters. Now, here are 4 tips for ensuring we’re giving readers the right impressions of our characters.

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4 Tips for Creating the Right Impression of Our Characters

For a strong story pace, we need to ensure every element has purpose. How can we do that? How can we know if a scene or sentence is pointless?

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Story Elements: Give Them Purpose