Writing Excuses

18.13: Finding the Core Conflict

Mar 26, 2023

19:32

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Mary Robinette Kowal

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

The Importance of Tension in Horror Novels

2min

The Importance of Emotional Weight in Conflict

2min

How to Construct a Fight Scene

2min

The Dawn of Everything by David Grayber and David Winroe

2min

How to Make Conflict Satisfying

2min

The Importance of Emotional Linkage in Conflicts

2min

The Consequences of Conflict

2min

How to Write a Conflict

3min

In our ongoing exploration of tension, the time has come to examine conflict. It can be shaped and delivered in numerous ways, but you have to know the core conflict before you can make anybody feel tense about it. Credits: Your hosts for this episode were Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler. It was recorded by Marshall Carr, Jr., and mastered by Alex Jackson.

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