To Create Conflict Use Disguise and Deception

One the most important (and least discussed) ways to create drama in a story is by using disguise and deception.* Disguise and deception were central to much of the best plotted literature of the 19th century. Witness their importance to Les Misérables, Cyrano de Bergerac, The Scarlet Pimpernel, and A Tale of Two Cities. In Les Misérables, arguably the greatest […]