If a scene is boring, it’s usually because you haven’t injected any conflict into it. scriptshadow.net
Boredom on the page almost always means everyone in the scene agrees. Two characters chatting pleasantly, both wanting the same outcome, nothing at stake — the reader's attention drifts because there's no question pulling them forward. Conflict is just a question wearing a costume: will she get what she wants, will he admit the truth, who backs down first. Take a simple scene like packing for a trip. Dull if it's just folding shirts. Give one character a secret reason to leave town and the other a growing suspicion about it, and suddenly the socks matter. The caution: conflict doesn't mean everyone shouting. Constant screaming matches flatten just as fast as agreement does. The real engine is tension, and tension can hide inside a smile just as easily as a slammed door.
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