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    Create Story Conflict: How to increase tension in your writing and keep readers turning pages
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    Creative Academy Guides for Writers Series

    Written by Eileen Cook

    Narrated by Joëlle Anthony

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    About this series

    Conflict is essential to story—regardless of genre. The friction between what a character wants and the lengths they will go to reach that goal is what pulls readers through your book. Great conflict is what leaves readers cheering (or crying) at the end of a story. Using humour and her deep knowledge of human behaviour, counsellor and award-winning author Eileen Cook will guide you through the causes of conflict, the differences between internal and external conflict, and show you how conflict resolution techniques can be turned upside down to ramp up the tension in your book. Filled with practical tips, examples and prompts, this is a craft book you’ll keep on your shelf to use again and again.

    This is the fourth book in the Creative Academy Guides for Writers series. Be sure to check out the rest of the guides in this series.

    1. Scrappy Rough Draft by Donna Barker
    2. Build Better Characters by Eileen Cook
    3. Strategic Series Author by Crystal Hunt
    4. Create Story Conflict by Eileen Cook
    5. Full Time Author by Crystal Hunt and Eileen Cook
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCreative Academy for Writers
    Release dateAug 1, 2021
    Create Story Conflict: How to increase tension in your writing and keep readers turning pages

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      Create Story Conflict: How to increase tension in your writing and keep readers turning pages
      Create Story Conflict: How to increase tension in your writing and keep readers turning pages

      Create Story Conflict: How to increase tension in your writing and keep readers turning pages

      Eileen Cook
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      Conflict is essential to story—regardless of genre. The friction between what a character wants and the lengths they will go to reach that goal is what pulls readers through your book. Great conflict is what leaves readers cheering (or crying) at the end of a story. Using humour and her deep knowledge of human behaviour, counsellor and award-winning author Eileen Cook will guide you through the causes of conflict, the differences between internal and external conflict, and show you how conflict resolution techniques can be turned upside down to ramp up the tension in your book. Filled with practical tips, examples and prompts, this is a craft book you’ll keep on your shelf to use again and again. This is the fourth book in the Creative Academy Guides for Writers series. Be sure to check out the rest of the guides in this series. Scrappy Rough Draft by Donna Barker Build Better Characters by Eileen Cook Strategic Series Author by Crystal Hunt Create Story Conflict by Eileen Cook Full Time Author by Crystal Hunt and Eileen Cook

      Conflict is essential to story—regardless of genre. The friction between what a character wants and the lengths they will go to reach that goal is what pulls readers through your book. Great conflict is what leaves readers cheering (or crying) at the end of a story. Using humour and her deep knowledge of human behaviour, counsellor and award-winning author Eileen Cook will guide you through the causes of conflict, the differences between internal and external conflict, and show you how conflict resolution techniques can be turned upside down to ramp up the tension in your book. Filled with practical tips, examples and prompts, this is a craft book you’ll keep on your shelf to use again and again. This is the fourth book in the Creative Academy Guides for Writers series. Be sure to check out the rest of the guides in this series. Scrappy Rough Draft by Donna Barker Build Better Characters by Eileen Cook Strategic Series Author by Crystal Hunt Create Story Conflict by Eileen Cook Full Time Author by Crystal Hunt and Eileen Cook

    Author

    Eileen Cook

    Eileen Cook is a multi-published author with her novels appearing in eight different languages. She spent most of her teen years wishing she were someone else or somewhere else, which is great training for a writer. Eileen lives in Vancouver with her two very naughty dogs and no longer wishes to be anyone or anywhere else. www.eileencook.com.

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