QUALITIES OF A GREAT NEMESIS #2: Threatening
Your story’s nemesis will be the character that, more than any other, stands between your hero and his or her visible goal.
Q&A: Daily Revisions or Forge Ahead?
I am finding that when I sit down each day to continue my writing, I read everything I’ve written so far in order to get back into the flow. When I do this I have the tendency to…
QUALITIES OF A GREAT NEMESIS #1: Powerful
To give your stories as much emotional impact as possible, your heroes must face overwhelming, seemingly insurmountable obstacles as they pursue their desires.
CONFLICT #4: The Nemesis
In your screenplay, your manuscript, your origin story from the stage, or your former client’s success story in a marketing email, the conflict may come from within…
CONFLICT #3: Follow the Pain
Speakers, marketers and entrepreneurs need their own “signature” stories to present to audiences, followers, clients and customers.
CONFLICT #2: Conflict vs Combat
I encounter lots of filmmakers, fiction writers and business leaders who, like Dan, mistakenly believe that conflict must be big, action packed and extraordinary.
THE BREAKER OF CHAINS
As futile – and maybe dangerous – as it may be to enter into the raging battle over the conclusion of Game of Thrones, I’ve become combat weary over…
CONFLICT #1: Tiger
Last month (at the time I’m writing this), Tiger Woods won the Masters Golf Tournament for the 5th time in his career.
WHAT DOES YOUR HERO WANT? #6: Revealing Your Hero’s Desires
Let’s finish this series by going through all the types of desires we’ve discussed, making certain that they don’t get confusing.
WHAT DOES YOUR HERO WANT? #5: Sameness
In this series of articles exploring the various goals your hero will pursue, all the desires have had one thing in common: they all serve to move your hero…