No Conflict, No Story
A Masterclass on Getting Your Characters Into – and Out of – Trouble
with Todd Mitchell
An exclusive WriteForKids Session™
Who It’s For: All kidlit writers who want to create page-turning stories that absorb young readers.
What It Does: You’ll learn a selection of professional techniques to add tension and excitement to any story.
What You Get: Lifetime Access to the Full Workshop + PDF Handout
What do you call a manuscript without effective conflict?
Unpublishable.
The conflict in your story needn’t be an angry one. Or a violent one. Or a serious one. Or even one that is noticeable to your characters.
But it MUST be there.
Your characters must overcome obstacles. It could be the weather. Or rules. Or time. Or their emotions. Or the annoying kid next door.
Whatever the source of conflict, it is essential that your characters don’t just cruise blithely and easily through your story. Because, without that conflict, you don’t really have a story. Just a recounting of events.
And simple recountings of events don’t get published.
In this hands-on workshop, Todd Mitchell, writing professor and award-winning author of young adult, middle grade fiction and graphic novels, will take you step-by-step through the process of creating conflict in your story, using it to transform characters and keeping readers glued to the page.
Think the types of stories you write don’t need conflict?
Think again.
With the exception of certain alphabet books or board books for babies, virtually every type of fiction requires conflict.
From Picture Books through Young Adult (and beyond) conflict is an absolute necessity that needs to be understood, mastered and put into practice by all fiction writers.
In this workshop, you’ll learn how to do all of these things – and more. During this 90+ minute class, Todd will show you simple techniques to raise the stakes of your story, and turn a flat character arc into a journey that will capture the hearts and imaginations of your readers.
See what Todd’s students have to say about
No Conflict, No Story:
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Thank you so much, Todd! Gonna have to replay this … more information than I can absorb in one sitting!
So generous of you! Blessings!!
MAUREEN H.
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This was absolutely incredible!
Totally invaluable. Changes my writing in the best ways!
JULIA B.
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Clearly the most helpful workshop I’ve ever attended.
I look forward to using the worksheets as I continue writing my first picture book.
Thank you!
ROSEANNE S.
You’ll learn:
How to let go of the belief that young readers can’t handle real conflict in their stories.
Why conflict is necessary in today’s market, and how to find the right conflicts for your characters (regardless of their age or the story genre).
The perfect place to start stories by unearthing the main character’s inciting incident.
How to create internal conflict through external actions.
How to effectively use conflict to eliminate boring story middles, so every event escalates stakes and reveals character.
The basics of the Three Act Structure, with an understanding of how conflict makes stories (from picture books to novels) feel engaging, significant, and emotionally impactful.
…and much more!
Todd Mitchell is a writing professor and award-winning author of young adult, middle grade fiction and graphic novels.
Todd’s books are true page-turners, crackling with tension.
That’s because he’s a master at seeding his work with conflict. Or, as Todd likes to call it, “Getting my characters into, and out of, trouble.”
Until now, only his students in the Colorado State University writing program were privy to his techniques for employing the right conflicts to craft thrilling stories. But now, you have the opportunity to learn from Todd directly, in this breakthrough workshop.
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Clearly the most helpful workshop I’ve ever attended.
ROSEANN
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