Create Story Conflict, Eileen Cook
Create Story Conflict, Eileen Cook
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Create Story Conflict
How to increase tension in your writing and keep readers turning pages

Author: Eileen Cook

Narrator: Joëlle Anthony

Unabridged: 3 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/01/2021

Synopsis

Conflict is essential to story—regardless of genre. The friction between what a character wants and the lengths they will go to reach that goal is what pulls readers through your book. Great conflict is what leaves readers cheering (or crying) at the end of a story. Using humour and her deep knowledge of human behaviour, counsellor and award-winning author Eileen Cook will guide you through the causes of conflict, the differences between internal and external conflict, and show you how conflict resolution techniques can be turned upside down to ramp up the tension in your book. Filled with practical tips, examples and prompts, this is a craft book you’ll keep on your shelf to use again and again.This is the fourth book in the Creative Academy Guides for Writers series. Be sure to check out the rest of the guides in this series.Scrappy Rough Draft by Donna BarkerBuild Better Characters by Eileen CookStrategic Series Author by Crystal HuntCreate Story Conflict by Eileen CookFull Time Author by Crystal Hunt and Eileen Cook

About Eileen Cook

Eileen Cook is a multi-published author with her novels appearing in eight different languages. She spent most of her teen years wishing she were someone else or somewhere else, which is great training for a writer. Eileen lives in Vancouver with her husband and one very naughty dog and no longer wishes to be anyone or anywhere else.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Michele on August 02, 2020

Another generous book by Eileen Cook. Eileen uses wisely her background in counselling to unveil the techniques that will help you ramp up your story conflict. Conflict is a fundamental element in any story worth reading. Eileen spend most of the book explaining what conflict is, how to built it, how......more

Goodreads review by S.S. Scott on March 23, 2024

A really easy read, and some VERY insightful questions for authors to ask of their manuscripts both as they draft and as they revise. A bunch of them have ended up at critical turning points in my own manuscript.......more

Goodreads review by Katia on September 09, 2020

Good pointers This is the first of Eileen Cook's writing craft books I've read. It's actually quite funny. There is also lots of good advice and exercises for you to do to help build tension both with internal and external conflict. It gives clear definitions and examples of each of the techniques. N......more

Goodreads review by Joseph on May 11, 2022

Eileen Cook, in addition to being an author, has a background in psychology and working in conflict management. Like Liam Neeson in those "Taken" movies, she has a specific set of skills, which can be put to good use, although in this case it's creating conflict in stories rather than rescuing her k......more

Goodreads review by J.W. on July 24, 2020

An essential read for becoming a better writer by avoiding boring stories & worn-out tropes. This book will give you homework -- in a really good way. Consider it a workbook, a friendly little guide that will help you point out where and why a story is getting weak, dull, and generally predictable. I......more

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