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.
The Dark Side of Suburbia
Suburbia often hides more than it reveals. This panel explores how to capture the contradictions, secrets, and quiet tensions of suburban life and use setting as a character that drives conflict beneath the surface.
