Unlock the Secret Pitfalls That Sabotage Winning Writing Contest Entries—Are You Making These Fatal Errors?

Unlock the Secret Pitfalls That Sabotage Winning Writing Contest Entries—Are You Making These Fatal Errors?

If your character limps along without making a choice, or if they let the people around them choose for them, the story will feel dissatisfying and incomplete.

But as they choose something and then face the consequences of their decision, we’ll be riveted, wondering, how will they handle what happens next?

9. Make sure something changes.

That moment of crisis, the decision your character makes, has consequences. Maybe they took a risk and it paid off—or maybe they crash and burn. Whatever the case, something must be different as a result of their choice.

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