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Four Easy Ways to Create Tension in Your Novel

Dr Tara East 1,917 12 months ago
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This video outlines four easy ways to create conflict: external conflict, internal conflict, contrast/contradiction, and consequences. I also include plenty of examples from popular best selling novels. Time stamps: 0:41: Internal Conflict 2:35 Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo 5:09: External Conflict 5: 15: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus 9:00: Contrast 9:41: Outlander by Diana Gabaldon 10:19: Turtles all the way Down by John Green 11:00: The Secret History by Donna Tart 12:55: Contradiction 12:55 Yellowface by Rebecca F. Kuang 15:00: Consequences 15:21: Empire of Silence by Christopher Ruocchio 16:31: How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix. ♡ ORDER EVERY TIME HE DIES »Amazon Australia: https://amzn.to/2m4IhfD »Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/2m2RzsW » Amazon US: https://amzn.to/2mIWj7b » Booktopia: https://bit.ly/2o9AmhX » Bookdepository: https://bit.ly/2mIVCe5 »Barns & Noble: https://bit.ly/2kzDt1d » Kobo: https://bit.ly/2lJeKHZ » Join my weekly newsletter and gain access to my free video training, The Follow-Through Formula: How to Complete a Long-Term Writing Project. Click the link here: http://eepurl.com/dyY5aD »» Visit my blog at https://taraeast.com John Green Video: https://bit.ly/35kewhD Bewilderment by Richard Powers: https://bit.ly/3u6LsVd The Overstory by Richard Powers: https://bit.ly/3rHCtH1 Everything is Free Now by Lisa Mitchell: https://bit.ly/33AvBmZ ♡ Buy My Short Story When Bell Met Bowie »Amazon Australia: https://amzn.to/2WyR1qO »Amazon US: https://amzn.to/2WvMEwz ♡ Please remember to subscribe to my channel ♡ New videos are posted every Thursday #authortube #writersonwriting #writingadviceHalloween Pipe Organ by Aries Beats | https://soundcloud.com/aries4rce Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

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