Start your writing with conflict if you want to guarantee sales, grab an agent or publisher, get paid a big advance. Your protagonist wants something and your antagonist wants to block it. If you want to be the publishers star-of-the-month, just hand out a strong dose of conflict right up front. Bold like. Then, theyre wrapped up in your story and its too late for them to escape. Trust me, readers, agents and publishers are going to consider writing with a strong dose of c…

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