Conflict and Obstacles
When it comes to writing, I believe the meat and potatoes of
the story is the conflict and obstacles each character faces. Character development
is also essential. There are many different elements to writing a story, each
one just as important as the other.
So I have to ask this.
What if you cannot for the life of you come up with a conflict?
Does this mean you are just a well-adjusted individual who obviously doesn’t
have much conflict in your own personal life? Or does this mean you are a
horrible writer? I wonder if I should just pack it in sometimes! Sure, I come
up with the norms such as, they can’t be together because it is forbidden. He’s
a vampire, she’s a ghost how will it work?
I have tried to even write a story as one is an addict and
the other needs to cure someone in need. I have let a story guide me but I feel
as though I am writing the same thing over and over again. How does one get out
of this rivet? Are there different conflicts besides the obvious?
I look over my favorite stories as some kind of guide, and
though they were written many moons ago some of the same circumstances do not
apply? No one that I know of has to get married to survive. So then why not
just set those stories in that time period you ask? Sure, but again I struggle.
Then there is the fact that no matter what I write I end up
with a sex scene. I don’t want them they just pop up. I think to myself does
this even make sense? Does this go with the story? Or, is this necessary? Each
time I think about it I say yes. This is the path the characters took me on. Is
this my fate to write conflict free porn? UGH!!!
This is why my friends I have not written in a long time. I
try and try but I can’t come up with anything. I wonder if I can use things
from my own life. They should be relatable right? I find that so boring though.
The answer to this dilemma? I guess I just have to keep at it, keep pulling my
characters into different directions. The more I keep at it I am sure the
better I will be at coming up with a conflict.
