"The conflict/resolution cycle is a powerful one for building a gripping story. Give your characters an Everest to climb and an ice stormtoderailtheeffort. Pileupconflictwhile offering new real-life information that is particular to your project." This advice is so essential to storytellers. And, it occurs to me, that it should be a clue to us about The Story we are telling with our own lives. Perhaps instead of resisting or fearing conflict, we might consider how valuable it is to our own Story.
Good point Steve, about “conflict,” because it can propel us in a different direction that sometimes our lives need to go! Our “story” can always be changed.
"The conflict/resolution cycle is a powerful one for building a gripping story. Give your characters an Everest to climb and an ice stormtoderailtheeffort. Pileupconflictwhile offering new real-life information that is particular to your project." This advice is so essential to storytellers. And, it occurs to me, that it should be a clue to us about The Story we are telling with our own lives. Perhaps instead of resisting or fearing conflict, we might consider how valuable it is to our own Story.
Good point Steve, about “conflict,” because it can propel us in a different direction that sometimes our lives need to go! Our “story” can always be changed.