#ScribesAndMakers October 9: Our next featured creator is a 'relentless optimist.' How full is your glass?
My glass is measured and described with great precision using the metric system and highly sensitive tools.
(I've been called negative by optimists and overly positive by pessimists.)
JallBarret
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CW: Scribes and Makers October 6 conflict - long and rambling
#ScribesAndMakers October 6: On a scale of 0-100, how much conflict (however you personally define it) is necessary for a compelling story?
There's a concept that's common in western fiction where protagonists have to be working toward a goal. It's not universal even in that context but you can see it in things like Dan Harmon's Story Circle. I think this tends to prejudice stories toward certain kinds of characters and certain types of stories.
In general, I think a story needs something to overcome ... or fail to overcome.
Putting it on a number line? Like ... 20? I think it generally needs to be there in some amount. I'm really open minded about conflict levels as low as 0, though.
NOTE: In case it's not clear, I'm not endorsing Harmon in any capacity. Ignoring everything else (which you can find by scrolling down slightly from the link above), I think adhering to the Story Circle leads to shallow character writing.
#Writing #StoryCircle