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Intimacy and Conflict: Creating a Scene in Fiction

Bodies at rest tend to stay at rest; bodies in motion, well, they just keep going the same way. But in stories, most readers crave change. So let’s make those bodies bump or even crash! This can happen through conflict or through intimacy.

Learn strategies to create both intimacy and conflict in your scenes, pushing the characters to reveal themselves and get things moving in your stories. Along the way, we'll look at other tools for making scenes both real and immersive. And we'll uncover ways to make real change happen in your stories. Sample texts will include work by writers such as Kaitlyn Greenidge, Kiese Laymon, Kiley Reid, Laleh Khadivi, Madeleine Thien, and Z.Z. Packer. Expect close readings of vibrant scenes, lively discussion, and concrete writing exercises to put the ideas to immediate and tangible use.

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Instructions for Accessing This Online Class

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