Character Creation and Conflict . . .
Life is full of conflict.
The word origins of conflict include "to strike together" and "incompatible urges in one person".
Writing is full of conflict–for the author as they write, for the reader as they absorb, and, these days, in the publishing world.
If writing reflects life then it would seem characters in stories would have conflicts (internal and/or external) to overcome, subdue, or understand…
I was led to a blog from my time on Twitter and hope I can trace back to who led me there since the blog itself seems to have no "About" info.
It's called Revolutionary Tweets and that's what it consists of, tweets about various forms of "revolution".
I think the title could have been different though…
The quote at the top gives much more than a view of revolution:
Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls;
the most massive characters are seared with scars. ~ Khalil Gibran
I'm sure you could find many uses for the collection of tweety wisdom on this blog but one I considered is as an aid to creating conflict for my characters…
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