I’ve always thought it would be a combination of both and that was confirmed at a workshop I attended a number of years ago (and rediscovered when I cleaned out a drawer recently). Dr John Barletta, clinical psychologist, presented the workshop which examined how both nature and nurture can influence the development of behaviour and personality. I…
Conflict
The mathematics behind conflict
Conflict between characters is one of the pivotal elements that keep a reader turning the pages. I was thinking about this during the week and it came to me that conflict reminded me of the fractal poster my brother had on his wall when we were kids. If you aren’t familiar with them fractals make…