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Fictional Writer Master Class: Fowles and the Fiction Bender
“But rather, what the devil am I going to do with you?” In John Fowles’s The French Lieutenant’s Woman, the unnamed narrator poses this question to himself about the character sleeping before him. Only...
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Escalating Conflict
Adriaen Brouwer (circa 1605/1606–1638) [Public domain], via Wikimedia CommonsIn fiction, only trouble is interesting. For the conflict averse, instilling a story with juicy conflict may take some...
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Triangular Relationships
Kathleen Skeels In a previous blog post, I mentioned my difficulty with conflict and tension. For this reason, I love triangular relationships, which bring up conflicting desires, competing loyalties,...
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Conflict & Tension: What Writers Can Learn From How Visual Artists Use Contrast
Contrast is the visual artist’s most powerful tool. Contrast does not necessarily mean opposite. Evil and contentment, white and off-white are both contrasts, but they are not opposites. Artists use...
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