16.41: Middles and Conflicts with M.I.C.E. Structure
Your Hosts:\xa0Dan Wells,\xa0C.L. Polk,\xa0Charlotte Forfieh, and Mary Robinette Kowal
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\nWith the M.I.C.E. elements (Milieu, Inquiry, Character, and Event) explained, and the concept of nesting, or braiding the M.I.C.E. threads, we're ready to dive into that most difficult part of the story: the middle.
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\nEnough of us dread (or at least struggle with) middle-of-story writing that the promise of a structural tool to make it easier is kind of glorious. Our seventh\xa0 installment in M.I.C.E. Quotient discussions talks about how to use M.I.C.E. elements to inform try-fail cycles, ask/answer sequences, and conflicts in general.
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