Mastering Character Motivation

by Sherry Lewis

For years, Mastering Story Conflict (by whatever name it was known at the time) was one of Dancing on Coals' most popular master class workshops, Designed to help you create strong, believable and realistic conflict for your characters in every book you write, this book focuses on the art and craft of story conflict, both internal and external.

You'll learn how to make sure the conflict in your novel is strong enough to sustain a work of novel-length fiction, how to weave conflicts together in ways that are fresh, exciting, and powerful, and how to identify ways in which a character's core beliefs create conflict. We'll focus on how internal and external conflicts work together and against each other and how to ensure that you're using conflict as a double-edged sword to keep readers interested and engaged from the first page of your novel to the last.

Part of the Dancing on Coals How-To Series. Based on the Dancing on Coals online Master Class.

121 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 8, 2015

About the author

Sherry Lewis is an award-winning, national bestselling author who writes across several genres. Along with her writing career, she has been teaching writing workshops for more than 20 years through Dancing on Coals Workshops for Fiction Writers.

In 1993 Sherry launched her mystery-writing career with the sale of her first three books in the Fred Vickery mystery series to Berkley Prime Crime. In early 1994 she sold her first romance to Harlequin Superromance, launching her career as a romance writer.

As Sammi Carter, she wrote the Candy Shop mystery series set in Paradise, Colorado and featuring Abby Shaw. As Jacklyn Brady she wrote the Piece of Cake mystery series set in New Orleans, featuring cake artist Rita Lucero.

Originally from Montana, Sherry spent several years living at the base of Utah's Wasatch Mountains. She now lives a block from the beach along Florida's Emerald Coast. It's a dirty job, but somebody has to do it.