CONFLICT THESAURUS

SENDING A PRIVATE MESSAGE TO THE WRONG PERSON



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HELPFUL TIP:

Conflict is your story’s secret sauce, supplying tension, 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, failures and mistakes, relationship friction, moral dilemmas and temptation, losing an advantage, ego-related conflict

EXAMPLES:
Accidentally "replying all" to a work email
Replying to an email instead of forwarding the response to someone else
Responding to a group text instead of an individual recipient
Sending a text or email to the wrong person
Accidentally posting a private message to a public forum, discussion board, social media page, etc.

MINOR COMPLICATIONS:
Embarrassment over having made a stupid and public mistake
Relationship friction (if the message contained insulting or controversial material)
Time wasted having to do damage control
Distance created between the character and the object of discussion when the latter realizes they were meant to be excluded from the conversation
Decreased productivity due to distraction and worry
A competitive co-worker learning of the character's plans or ideas and capitalizing on them
The character's capability and trustworthiness being questioned, resulting in fewer opportunities at work
Losing sleep and experiencing health issues over the situation

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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