How to create internally conflicted characters

How to create internally conflicted characters

What do Tyrion Lannister, Darth Vader, and Hermione Granger have in common? Not much, you might think. Except, from a storytelling point of view, they all share one crucial feature – all three of them, in their different ways, are internally conflicted characters....
Top tips for pulling off an unreliable narrator

Top tips for pulling off an unreliable narrator

The first rule of good writing is to know the rules. The second is to know when – and how – to break them. Sure, you can write great stories while sticking to all the established conventions. But if you want to push the boundaries, if you want your writing to be truly...