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Erin is buried in the editing room these days, but we are already discussing story ideas for the next film. Something that comes up over and over again is the need for conflict in every scene. We identified three types of conflict in storytelling: No conflict, dishonest conflict, and honest conflict.

No Conflict - is a scene that breezes by without any tension or story-purpose.

Dishonest Conflict - is a scene where conflict exists only to drive the story forward, but is disrespectful of the characters or irrational in the context of the story.

Honest Conflict - is conflict that is true to the characters and the story.

I think Birthday Girl has moments of all of these.