What do you do when you don’t know what your character would do next?
Figure out his or her hot buttons:
What do they fear the most?
What and who do they love the most?
What is their darkest secret?
What is their deepest desire?
Who have they betrayed, and how?
Who has betrayed them, and how?
What would they do to save their lives?
What wouldn’t they do to save their lives?
What don’t they like about themselves?
What are they proudest of?
When you know this and the basic spine of your story (or even just the start and end, or even just the start), coming up with compelling conflicts and plot twists is a lot easier!
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