What Does Your Character Want? Desire vs. Plot Goal vs. Moral Intention vs. Need – by K.M. Weiland…

on Helping Writers become Authors:

We often hear “conflict is story.” What does that mean?

If we walk it back, we see that conflict is driven by opposition. That opposition stands between the characters and something they want.

Therefore, we could just as easily say “desire is story.”

But that isn’t always simple to figure out either, particularly since story terminology includes many seemingly applicable terms, including the character’s want, desire, plot goal, and even moral intention.

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