Effective conflict is the engine that powers story. B.J. Sloan, Bruce Robert Coffin, Debra Goldstein, Ernest Lancaster, Mark Jones, and Peter W.J. Hayes explore how to sustain tension by balancing external stakes with internal struggle. This session focuses on using conflict deliberately to shape character, strengthen scenes, and hold reader attention throughout the narrative.
Keeping Crime Fiction Believable
Dan Barden engages with different crime authors to explore the similarities among the characters in their novels, aDan Barden, Catherine Astolfo, Julian Lindsey, Maggie Sefton, and Will Lavender focus on what keeps a mystery story grounded. They discuss how to create...
