Why You Should Make Your Characters Suffer

When you start your story, you’re following your Protagonist on a journey to try and get something they want. This is the story conflict. It launches at the inciting incident and resolves at the climax. But between the beginning and the end is the middle, and the conflict needs to be active the entire time.

I’ll be exploring how making your characters suffer is important for keeping the conflict active, keeping your story entertaining, and giving your character an interesting arc.

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