Crafting villains and conflict
Create tension and conflict via stakes and characterization
What makes a story different from a slice-of-life narrative or a vignette? Some would say that it’s action (meaning physical action of course). But actually, it’s conflict. It’s tension. It’s stakes. It’s bad things about to happen to someone we care about. Sometimes tension, stakes, and bad things happening means phy…
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