GMC: Goal, Motivation and Conflict: The Building Blocks of Good Fiction

GMC: Goal, Motivation and Conflict: The Building Blocks of Good Fiction

Goal, motivation, and conflict are the foundation of everything that happens in the story world. Using charts, examples, and movies, the author breaks these key elements down into understandable compo…

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