Comments on: Conflict http://magicalmusings.com/2009/02/11/conflict/ Where writers and readers meet Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:05:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Michelle http://magicalmusings.com/2009/02/11/conflict/comment-page-1/#comment-63195 Michelle Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:11:44 +0000 http://magicalmusings.com/?p=3492#comment-63195 I googled the pic, D.A., but thanks, I love it too! And you make an excellent point. Tension is the best kind of conflict between protagonists, be it sexual or otherwise. I googled the pic, D.A., but thanks, I love it too!

And you make an excellent point. Tension is the best kind of conflict between protagonists, be it sexual or otherwise.

]]> By: D.A. Riser http://magicalmusings.com/2009/02/11/conflict/comment-page-1/#comment-63194 D.A. Riser Thu, 12 Feb 2009 13:57:00 +0000 http://magicalmusings.com/?p=3492#comment-63194 You may have already said this, but did you take the photo? Those fellows are experiencing some serious conflict. Edie mentioned tension, and I'd say that I go more for tension between my protagonists than conflict. Sometimes it seems this is as simple as giving one character a particularly raw/exposed feeling or emotion. The other character then reacts to it, and the scene heightens. Having someone react in an unusual manner with such a feeling (or out of response to seeing the feeling exhibited) then furthers the tension. Enough rambling from me ... I loved the post and photo! You may have already said this, but did you take the photo? Those fellows are experiencing some serious conflict.

Edie mentioned tension, and I’d say that I go more for tension between my protagonists than conflict. Sometimes it seems this is as simple as giving one character a particularly raw/exposed feeling or emotion. The other character then reacts to it, and the scene heightens. Having someone react in an unusual manner with such a feeling (or out of response to seeing the feeling exhibited) then furthers the tension. Enough rambling from me … I loved the post and photo!

]]> By: Michelle http://magicalmusings.com/2009/02/11/conflict/comment-page-1/#comment-63190 Michelle Thu, 12 Feb 2009 05:58:29 +0000 http://magicalmusings.com/?p=3492#comment-63190 I agree, Zoe. That's why I think the harmony of my characters relationship acts as that breather for the reader, as the plot cannot allow much of a breather in any other respect. I once went back and added a whole extra thread of conflict through a book, because when I reached the end, I realized it needed more. I agree, Zoe. That’s why I think the harmony of my characters relationship acts as that breather for the reader, as the plot cannot allow much of a breather in any other respect. I once went back and added a whole extra thread of conflict through a book, because when I reached the end, I realized it needed more.

]]> By: Michelle http://magicalmusings.com/2009/02/11/conflict/comment-page-1/#comment-63189 Michelle Thu, 12 Feb 2009 05:56:47 +0000 http://magicalmusings.com/?p=3492#comment-63189 Great that you have your process so sussed, Natalie. I love hitting my stride, but I usually hit my stride from page one, falter around page 200 and then limp through to page 300, then I'm off again. Great that you have your process so sussed, Natalie. I love hitting my stride, but I usually hit my stride from page one, falter around page 200 and then limp through to page 300, then I’m off again.

]]> By: Michelle http://magicalmusings.com/2009/02/11/conflict/comment-page-1/#comment-63188 Michelle Thu, 12 Feb 2009 05:55:12 +0000 http://magicalmusings.com/?p=3492#comment-63188 Weeeeeeell, Liz. Your current WIP H/H have a lot of conflict. He is trying to kill her brother, after all. LOLOL. Weeeeeeell, Liz. Your current WIP H/H have a lot of conflict. He is trying to kill her brother, after all. LOLOL.

]]> By: Michelle http://magicalmusings.com/2009/02/11/conflict/comment-page-1/#comment-63187 Michelle Thu, 12 Feb 2009 05:54:11 +0000 http://magicalmusings.com/?p=3492#comment-63187 Me, too, Spy! Boring the reader is something I really don't want to do. Which is why I sometimes think back to a book I enjoyed and realize if I'd written it, I'd have been afraid a lot of it might bore the reader. And I feel a lot better about my own work, LOL. Me, too, Spy! Boring the reader is something I really don’t want to do. Which is why I sometimes think back to a book I enjoyed and realize if I’d written it, I’d have been afraid a lot of it might bore the reader. And I feel a lot better about my own work, LOL.

]]> By: Michelle http://magicalmusings.com/2009/02/11/conflict/comment-page-1/#comment-63186 Michelle Thu, 12 Feb 2009 05:52:20 +0000 http://magicalmusings.com/?p=3492#comment-63186 LaD, I like that there are all types of conflict, and we can find exactly what we need for our story while still being true to the story itself. LaD, I like that there are all types of conflict, and we can find exactly what we need for our story while still being true to the story itself.

]]> By: Michelle http://magicalmusings.com/2009/02/11/conflict/comment-page-1/#comment-63185 Michelle Thu, 12 Feb 2009 05:50:38 +0000 http://magicalmusings.com/?p=3492#comment-63185 Because I just sit down and write, based on a character or scenario that appeals to me, I think I over analyze when I'm almost done, Edie. Listening to some of the RWA SF conference tapes makes me realize how much I do subconsciously, and I second-guess myself. Because I just sit down and write, based on a character or scenario that appeals to me, I think I over analyze when I’m almost done, Edie. Listening to some of the RWA SF conference tapes makes me realize how much I do subconsciously, and I second-guess myself.

]]> By: Zoe Winters http://magicalmusings.com/2009/02/11/conflict/comment-page-1/#comment-63183 Zoe Winters Wed, 11 Feb 2009 21:23:20 +0000 http://magicalmusings.com/?p=3492#comment-63183 I sometimes have to work on adding more in. But I try to also give the reader some breathing room where it isn't just constant "eeeek" because sometimes too much conflict becomes more stress than enjoyment for the reader. I sometimes have to work on adding more in. But I try to also give the reader some breathing room where it isn’t just constant “eeeek” because sometimes too much conflict becomes more stress than enjoyment for the reader.

]]> By: Natalie Hatch http://magicalmusings.com/2009/02/11/conflict/comment-page-1/#comment-63182 Natalie Hatch Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:06:13 +0000 http://magicalmusings.com/?p=3492#comment-63182 Oh I have to slog every single conflicting sentence out onto page. What I think is the conflict usually ends up half way through the book to be just a sidebar. It's only when I'm at page 130 that I hit my stride or my characters take over and really start interacting that way. Oh I have to slog every single conflicting sentence out onto page. What I think is the conflict usually ends up half way through the book to be just a sidebar. It’s only when I’m at page 130 that I hit my stride or my characters take over and really start interacting that way.

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