SoulCathedral

"I am – I Need – I Desire…" Goal, Motivation & Conflict - SIMPLIFIED Goal, Motivation and Conflict seems to be the BIG MYSTERY of fiction writing. Everyone says that they're essential to good writing – and they're right, they are. Absolutely. But this stuff can be a little confusing. Let's begin at the beginning… -- What are all these things and why do stories need them? Goal is what your character THINKS they are after. Motivation is what makes them WANT to go after it. Conflict is what Gets In Their Way. -- Internal Conflict being ANGST or Drama. -- External Conflict being the PLOT or Events. The Plot (

A Quick Guide to Organizing Your Fantasy/Sci-Fi Novel I'm going to try and briefly cover World Building specifically for Fantasy and Science Fiction (though it will apply in general to any setting), both major and minor Characters, and some basics of Timeline here. I am not going to walk you step by step through how to write your own story, but you should (hopefully) get some useful tips out of this. I never used to organize my novels before I started writing. I have so many stories in my head, I would just pick one and start writing. I didn't have trouble keeping to the same details of a given character because I knew them so well. But afte

Are you starting a story? Do you have an incomplete, flawed, or no character at all? It's happened to me many times and in my struggles to perfect my creations, I have learned a few things. I present you with seven easy steps with a challenge each to get you thinking. Grab a piece of paper and a pencil. Let's start… Step 1: Past When creating a character, you must first establish a past. Even a person with amnesia has a past, they just don't remember it. Pasts are important, they show what shaped the person and why they are the way they are today. If your character has a scar, why? If they have amnesia, why? If they have a phobia of