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Hey, hey my friends, today, I would like to confess something: One of my beta readers died from over exposure to internal conflict. xD Jk, the reader is fine, but my writer’s conscience is not. 😄

I’ve ran into a noticeable problem in my writing, and that is the way I’m trying to show my internal conflict. I want what my characters are going through to be clear, but I have so much of it written in introspection, and even a good amount in dialogue that I’m starting to mentally implode.😅

For instance, one of my characters has a problem with trust and friendship (to put it lightly), and I seem to be writing out those struggles an exorbitant amount in introspection, as well as giving his ghosts and backstory in dialogue.

Any tips for not overdoing it on the internal conflict? How do y’all show it instead of tell it so plainly?

Also, what are y’all’s favorite ways to communicate the backstory/ghost that is causing the character’s flaw or misbelief from one character to another? I did it a couple times in dialogue, but I’m worried it’s fake feeling.

@this-is-not-an-alien

@joelle-stone

@rose-colored-fancy

@calidris

@taylorclogston

@r-m-archer

I welcome anyone and everyone to come help out this poor fellow. 😄