Karl Iglesias has written:
Conflict is the essence of a dramatic scene. Without conflict, or the promise of conflict through anticipation and tension, a scene will be expository. This is fine if it's the type of scene you want to write, but it can't be a dramatic scene without conflict. Make sure the conflict is internal, external, or interpersonal rather than the superficial argumentative conflict, where two characters simply disagree, as in "Yes, no, yes, no, is so, is not, etc." Real conflict is not static argument. It's a clear obstacle to a goal with a smooth progression from beat to beat towards a climax.
Write a scene in which one character has a goal that they can't tell the other character about, and the other character has a goal which conflicts with the first character's and doesn't understand why the first character is raising obstacles against their goal.
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