Literary Sins: Not Enough “GMC”

10/06/2025 5 min Episodio 183
Literary Sins: Not Enough “GMC”

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If your story feels weak, you may have a problem with your characters' goals, motivation, and conflict.Digging deeper into "GMC" will help strengthen the plot because GMC is what drives a story forward.Learn more about GMC in The Trope Thesaurus, by Jennifer Hilt.Send us a textWhat to do next… Sell your eBooks direct with Curios (keep 100% of sales) - Affiliate Link Take the 60 Day Novel Writing Challenge for FREE (Full Playlist Coming in October) Work with members of the Tally Ink Author Services Team Read Colleen's clean YA portal fantasy series (The Chronicles of Talahm) Read Halie's YA fantasy series (Secrets of the Tally) Leave a review on Apple Podcasts