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[New Post] Internal Conflict: Six Types of Internal Conflict (With Examples)

Published 11 days ago • 1 min read

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Next Tuesday (10th) at 7pm GMT, I'm running a free workshop "Seven Steps to Shape a Strong Story Idea". This is a hands-on session so you can make solid progress on your novel idea.

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(If you signed up for the "Grow Your Story Idea" email course and got behind, this is a great chance to catch up! The workshop follows the same seven steps as that course, just with a shorter version of the workbook.)

Here's this week's post for you:

​Internal Conflict: Six Types of Internal Conflict (With Examples)​

Internal Conflict: Six Types of Internal Conflict (With Examples)

Stories are built on conflict. Without any conflict, there’s not really any story. If Jane Doe gets everything she wanted, without any difficulties, and lives happily ever after, then that’s lovely for Jane, but not very interesting to read about!

When it comes to conflict, it’s easy to understand how external conflict works.

Perhaps Jane Doe wants a promotion … but a colleague is also going for the same role (character vs character conflict). Then, Jane’s late to work because the bus was cancelled and she had to walk through a snowstorm (character vs environment conflict) … and now her laptop won’t start (character vs technology conflict). External conflict involves things that you can see taking place.

But what about the conflict that only takes place inside Jane’s head?

The self-doubt – is she really suited to the role? The moral dilemma – should she try to undermine the colleague who also wants the promotion? Those can be just as important a part of the story. And they’re both types of internal conflict.

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