CONFLICT THESAURUS

LOSING ONE'S FUNDING



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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:
Losing an advantage, loss of control, failures and mistakes, duty and responsibility, increased pressure and ticking clocks, ego-related conflict

EXAMPLES:
A non-profit organization losing their primary donor
A student's scholarship or grant being suspended
Financing for the character's business drying up or being withdrawn
Being cut off from family support
Welfare, alimony, or child support disbursements ceasing
Being forced into conservatorship 
Losing research or project funding
Halting a construction project due to insufficient financing
A charity project not raising enough support for it to continue
A religious mission losing its funding
A community grant being suspended because of an economic downturn
A large political donor ceasing to support a campaign

MINOR COMPLICATIONS:
Having to make budget cuts
Needing to borrow money from family
Having to move back home 
Needing to take out a loan 
Being delayed in academic studies or a project advancement
Having to fundraise or find a new donor
Postponing a new business development or project
Halting a residential construction project mid-build
Being unable to expand and hire in a struggling economy 
Having to cut back on the scope of a charitable program or walk back projects
A business's share prices dropping
Being blamed for the loss

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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