Change Your Story, Change Your Life

CONFLICT IN STORYTELLING Conflict in storytelling is a vital element to all great stories. In fact, you won’t a story if you do not introduce and develop conflict from beginning to end. Why? Because people get involved and remain engaged in your story when it takes them on a journey toward the resolution of conflict. Think of conflict in storytelling as a powerful tool to create and sustain tension. Tension hooks and holds attention. LEARN FROM MOVIES Two movies that demonstrate intense conflict in storytelling are: E. T. The Extra-Terrestrial – directed by Steven Spielberg Rocky  – starring Sylvester Stallone CONFLICT RESOLUTION Why do people see plays and movies more than once? They want to experience the resolution of conflict in storytelling. The journey, the struggle against obstacles, toward the resolution of conflict arouse strong emotions and makes people more alive. Remember this rule of storytelling. People are held and remain engaged by the process of resolution, not t