The most dreaded question for writers

Second only to, "How's the book going?"

Hey, Runners!

What does your protagonist want?

Do you struggle with answering that question the way that I do? If so, then your conflict work is going to feel like a bit of a slog, and that’s okay.

But here’s something that might help you; if you have trouble knowing what your protagonist wants, you might be writing an internal conflict, where it’s not tha…