9 Tips to Writing Arguments in Fiction
How to write intriguing and captivating arguments in your stories that keep readers glued to the page.
Whether in stories, movies, games, or real life, arguing is a high tension and high stakes moment for everyone involved. It doesn’t matter if the people involved in the argument are yelling about the last slice of pizza or about the end of the world.
When in an argument, we find ourselves gripped by every beat.
The question and subject of this article is how do we use these gripping moments to deliver information, story progress, and motivation while not sapping all of the energy from the argument.
Using this high stakes moment as a way to keep the story and stakes alive isn’t something that the average writer can do. It’s something that takes skill and practice.
I’ll give you the tools and information that you need to do this while providing you with exercises to help you practice and develop the skill. In order for all of this information to stick, though, you’ll need to continue doing this well after reading this article.
You’ll need to be doing these exercises until the tools become second nature to you. That is how you will know that you have moved forward with your craft.
