Conflict: Why It Isn’t Just about Fighting — Guest: Janice Hardy

Here's the latest from Jami Gold, Paranormal Author :

For the past couple of weeks, we’ve had a conversation here about antagonists with a series of guest posts from Kristen Lamb. One insight Kristen shared is that antagonists act as the engine of our story, providing the conflict that keeps tension high and our pacing strong.

Yet as Kristen said, as humans, we tend not to like conflict in real life. Unfortunately, that leads many writers to minimize the conflict in their stories, even though...