In Avatar: The Last Airbender, Aang cures his sick friends with frozen frogs.
Your story doesn't need to be dark or stressful to have a plot.
Somehow, we have to keep our protagonists from pairing up on page five.
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If the hero isn't doing anything, the reader will be bored.
Create excitement on your own terms.
Every story we tell sends a message.
Moral dilemmas should be meaningful, not just provocative.
A lesson in what tension isn't.
How to put good people at odds without making them look mean or unreasonable.
When we say conflict, we do not necessarily mean physical violence.
Spoiler: it doesn't include a prologue.
If you're not careful, your climatic conflict could become a boring mess.
It takes a little effort to make inheritance compelling.
Conflict and intensity in a story must be timed to avoid both boredom and exhaustion.
Tension drives the story, and conflict brings tension to life.
If a conflict is too difficult for the hero, its resolution will be unsatisfying.
Charles