When you write, conflict forms the core of the overall story and each scene. This walkthrough of strategies of techniques discusses what conflict actually is and how to talk about it in stories. What does a character want, and what prevents that? Conflict! Pacing is a huge part of conflict, since you want to balance your stakes and language and intensity to keep readers engaged but not overwhelmed, and I give some tips for that. I walk through the various types of conflict that you can have in at story, first with the key differences between external and internal as well as physical and nonphysical conflict, then into the ones you probably learned in school like character v. character and character v. nature. I close with four key strategies to strengthen the conflict so that your reader hangs on your every word!
