This is a short post on implementing or introducing conflict as a sequence of events into your writing. Returning to your character’s goal, we talked about conflict being the most crucial thing in fiction because nothing happens without conflict. And that’s true. So,...
Before conflict can be ignited and injected into your plot, your reader has to find a way to care about what’s going on with your character. I always try to start with an intriguing, strong situation to put the reader into the context of the story and to get them to...
Well, my friend, you are in for a treat. The Maltese Falcon is the classic of all noir classics. It is the best John Huston and Humphrey Bogart movie ever. It is the most tension-filled, intriguing, and entertaining movie about private investigators ever made. Yes,...