CONFLICT THESAURUS

BEING FORCED TO LEAD



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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:
Increased pressure and ticking clocks, duty and responsibility, failures and mistakes, relationship friction, miscellaneous challenges

EXAMPLES:
Being next in line to take over a company when the owner dies
A life-or-death emergency arising where someone has to step up and take charge
Participating in a group project that no one else wants to lead
Being bullied into taking a position that no one else wants
Having to lead a military company behind enemy lines
Taking charge of a resistance group because no one else will
Having to take charge during a medical disaster
Being assigned as a project leader at work
Leading a sports team, because if no one takes charge, it will be disbanded
Being the only one qualified to lead in a certain area
Being indebted and being promised a monetary reward for leading and succeeding

MINOR COMPLICATIONS:
Facing criticism from others
Lacking necessary supplies or resources
Working with a group or team that is untrained, inexperienced, or apathetic
Having less time to do what the character wants
Dealing with the stress of responsibility
The character struggling to lead, resulting in people losing faith in him
Lacking certain vital skills (discipline, tact, math acumen, etc.)
Friction with friends who don't agree with how the character is leading
Personality differences making leadership difficult
People resisting the character's leadership for unfair reasons (because of age, gender, race, etc.)
Apathy or fear of failure causing the character to do as little as possible while leading
Someone in the party challenging the character's leadership

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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