The secret formula to writing is the formation of an idea coupled by an obstacle. With the obstacle comes a goal. And more conflict: heroine versus villain, two people who want the same thing and fight for it. And more conflict. Because the heroine isn’t perfect. There’s a moment when “all is lost,” and the villain might have won.
Then—
Add some basic human characteristic. Love, anger, fear, or happiness. Make the odds against the heroine at the right moment, and make the effect for better or for worse, and give a good reason for the story to end. Whether it’s for better or for worse.
Make all so unbelievable, the reader has no other choice but to believe.
And have faith regardless.
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