CONFLICT THESAURUS

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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:
Dangers and threats, relationship friction, loss of control, losing an advantage

EXAMPLES:
The character's parent or guardian dying
Being abandoned by a parent
The character's parent or guardian disappearing inexplicably 
A parent or guardian being sent to jail and surrendering the child to the state
The child being pushed into refugee status
The state taking control of the child

MINOR COMPLICATIONS:
The character having no family members who can or will take them in
Being placed in foster care
Having to move to a new home, neighborhood, and/or school
Discovering a painful or harmful truth about a parent or guardian
Having to adjust to a different socioeconomic status 
Having to learn the rules of a new household
Not being treated nicely by foster siblings
Having to give up passions or hobbies in the new situation
Losing contact with friends
Having to learn a new language
Having to adapt to new rules and expectations

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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