CONFLICT THESAURUS

AN UNWANTED ROMANTIC ADVANCE



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HELPFUL TIP:

Conflict is your story’s secret sauce, supplying tension, relationship friction, and complications to a character’s journey. It comes in a million different forms, so identify the obstacles and problems that will hit your character the hardest by using the Character Builder to uncover their primary insecurities, fears , and desires. Don’t forget to include everyday conflict scenarios that will frustrate them and keep the pressure high.
CATEGORY:
Power struggles, relationship friction, moral dilemmas and temptation, losing an advantage, ego-related conflict

EXAMPLES:
A friend who doesn't want to stay in the Friend Zone
Being pursued by someone in a position of power or authority (the boss, a teacher, one's landlord, the security guard in one's building, etc.)
Romantic advances from someone crossing a moral line (the best friend's significant other, a sister's ex, the fiancé's mother-in-law, etc.)

MINOR COMPLICATIONS:
Awkwardness around the pursuer
Having to keep the situation secret from an important person (one's spouse, best friend, sibling, etc.)
Inconveniences arising from trying to avoid the pursuer

POTENTIALLY DISASTROUS RESULTS:
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RESULTING EMOTIONS:
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POSSIBLE INTERNAL STRUGGLES:
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PEOPLE WHO COULD BE NEGATIVELY AFFECTED:
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NEGATIVE TRAITS THAT COULD MAKE THE SITUATION WORSE:
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IMPACT ON BASIC NEEDS:
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WOUNDS THIS COULD LEAD TO:
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POSITIVE TRAITS TO HELP THE CHARACTER COPE:
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POSITIVE OUTCOMES:
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