Writing Tips: No Easy Obstacles – Suffering is Good for Your Story

[image error]I will never forget when my daughter, author Amanda L. Davis, once told me that she had come to a halt in her writing. She wasn’t sure where to take the story next. I said, “Make your hero suffer.” That simple advice broke the logjam and allowed her to continue. It also helped her make her story more gripping for readers and difficult to put down.

This piece of advice came to mind recently while I was watching a series called Extinct on BYU-TV. I turned it on because I was told that the story...