on Writers Helping Writers: When it comes to story conflict, there are so many options to choose from. Power struggles, physical threats, moral dilemmas, failures, ticking clocks—they’re all great for ratcheting up tension, building reader empathy, and strengthening our plotlines. But the conflict we face most often as human beings—the kind that hits closest to … Continue reading Keep Tensions High by NOT Resolving Your Character’s Relationship Conflict – by Becca Puglisi…