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Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Internal Conflict

The internal conflict is an intangible clash of belief, value structures, dreams, and hopes. These are your characters' hot buttons, and the clash directly affects the external conflict.

Posted by Erica Ridley at 3/21/2007 07:30:00 AM

 

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