Internal conflict

Ken Miyamoto features three psychological story structures that affect the cognitive minds of the audience or reader in different but effective ways.

Internal conflict happens when a character struggles with something within themselves. These two contradicting wants, needs or desires help to build a character. Explore several famous examples of man vs. self and how it differs from external conflict.

For the flesh is against the spirit in its desire, and the spirit against the flesh; these are opposed to each other, so that you do not do the very things you want to do. Galatians 5:17

Your student has finished a novel. Now what? It’s time to put all that awesome reading to work and dig a little deeper; that’s what! There are many, many ways to explore the themes and …

If your main character will need to evolve internally to achieve his goal, a cohesive, well-planned character arc is vital to its success.

6 things that cloud our vision … Holding onto the past creates resentment, grief, sadness, and despair. The need for external validation will dictate your relationships, often leading to codependent or people pleasing behaviors. Bring inflexible with your plans creates both internal and external conflict and causes a person to miss out on certain opportunities. Projecting insecurities onto others will distance us from others and effectively stunt our growth. Self-doubt and limiting be...

A lot of times when we’re discussing a book proposal at work, we’ll ask, “What’s the conflict?” or say, “This could use some internal conflict.” What we’re talking about, of course, is the conflict…

External conflict vs. internal conflict. Find out what both these terms mean and how to use them to bring your fictional characters to life!

In dramatic writing, internal conflict is basically the darkest aspects of a character married to that individual’s greatest fears.

Conflict in romance novels can be hard to get right. Here are three conflict squares (okay, two squares and a rectangle) that could help you find the strongest conflict for your next romance novel.