Craft Clinic

Character and Conflict – What Your Characters Want (and Why They Can’t Have It)

Name: Character and Conflict – What Your Characters Want (and Why They Can’t Have It)
Brand: The Art of Writing
Price: 99.00 AUD
Availability: InStock

Character and Conflict – What Your Characters Want (and Why They Can’t Have It)

$99.00 AUD

~~$120.00 AUD~~ $99.00 AUD

Sale Sold out

Taxes included.

In this live, two-hour online clinic, you’ll hear how to create characters whose desires drive your story forward. What themes have you chosen to examine within your story? You’ll discover how to build believable inner and outer conflicts that keep tension alive. Your chosen themes are vital in this class!

Workshop Details

Date: Tuesday, 12 May 2026
Time:

Sydney 7:00 PM (AEST)
London: 10:00 AM (BST)
Central Europe: 11:00 AM (CEST)

Location: Live on Zoom (link provided after booking)

Cost: $120 AUD per participant
Early Bird: $99 AUD if booked two weeks in advance

Bonus: Downloadable worksheet “Character Desire and Obstacle Map” (sent 24 hours before our session)

Workshops are capped at 20 participants to ensure maximum interaction and personal attention.

More information below!

May 16, 2026
Online on Zoom
Early Bird Offer: $99

View full details

Cancellation & Refund Policy

Cancellations made 7 or more days before the scheduled class will receive a full refund.

Cancellations made 3–6 days before the class are eligible for a credit toward a future session.

Unfortunately, no refunds or credits can be issued within 48 hours of the class.

If The Art of Writing needs to cancel a class for any reason, you will receive a full refund or the option to transfer to another date.

What You Will Learn
In this clinic, you’ll discover how to:
- Create characters whose desires drive your story forward
- Clarify what your characters want and what stands in their way
- Build believable inner and outer conflicts that keep tension alive
- Does every choice and setback connect to your story’s emotional core?
Why Join a Craft Clinic?
The Art of Writing Craft Clinics are focused, skill-building workshops designed to help you master one essential element of your storytelling. From Dialogue that Does More Than Talk to Character and Conflict and Memory into Memoir, each session is practical, interactive, and tailored to give you writing tools you can apply straight away.
More Craft Clinics Available
Take a look at our other Craft Clinics and stay subscribed to The Art of Writing Blog for early announcements and exclusive updates. Secure your spot today and learn how to understand what your characters want, and what stands in their way.

Your front-row seat to a live writing clinic

Want to know more about the clinic?

Contact us to learn more about what to expect from this two-hour live session. Each Craft Clinic is different, laser-focused on one key writing skill with practical tools you can use straight away. Time to get excited!

Contact us here

Let customers speak for us

from 2 reviews

Dialogue with engagement.

Engaging your reader is first step to a successful book. Connecting to your audience with a story that they can relate to, share the highs and lows, put themselves in your shoes as the story unfolds, while anticipating and delivering an ending that gives them the satisfaction of a book well written. This course will enable us all to develop and deliver our story in print and just not in our heads.

Moira Leech

10/19/2025