(Sort of a cumbersome title, isn’t it? Sorry about that. Hopefully the post makes up for it. )

When I talk to other authors, often new authors, I’m often asked about GMCs: Goals, Motivation and Conflict. They want to know how to manage GMCs in their stories.How do I figure out what a goal is? How is motivation determined? What, exactly, qualifies as conflict in a scene? Is conflict always external? Howbig does the conflict need to be? All of these are good questions. There isn’t one answer to...