
On Writing
Conflict is the fuel of Story
While we usually want to avoid conflict in real life, in fiction, it is what drives the characters and story forward toward the climactic scene.

While we usually want to avoid conflict in real life, in fiction, it is what drives the characters and story forward toward the climactic scene.

It all starts with an idea. Which is not story. The two are different. Story can change. Idea can’t. Every idea has been done; but

Since every idea has been done, a job of the writer is to absorb as much idea and story from the world around them. Not

I often see writers who are concerned about someone stealing their idea. The problem with that is that every idea has been done. I know