More to Win and More to Lose: Raising the Stakes

What Will You Learn?

• No matter what kind of story you’re writing, high stakes are essential to keep the tension rising and your readers turning pages.
• Not achieving the main goal should feel like a literal or figurative death to your character.
• Explore different ways to help you create the most effective universal and personal stakes for your story, and then learn tactics to ensure your character tests those boundaries and risks "death" in order to succeed.