QUALITIES OF A GREAT NEMESIS #3: Principled
Back in the Bronze Age, when I was a kid watching even more TV than I do now, one of my favorite series was The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show.
QUALITIES OF A GREAT NEMESIS #2: Threatening
Your story’s nemesis will be the character that, more than any other, stands between your hero and his or her visible goal.
QUALITIES OF A GREAT NEMESIS #1: Powerful
To give your stories as much emotional impact as possible, your heroes must face overwhelming, seemingly insurmountable obstacles as they pursue their desires.
CONFLICT #3: Conflict vs Combat
I encounter lots of filmmakers, fiction writers and business leaders who, like Dan, mistakenly believe that conflict must be big, action packed and extraordinary.
CONFLICT #2: Tiger
Last month (at the time I’m writing this), Tiger Woods won the Masters Golf Tournament for the 5th time in his career.
WHAT DOES YOUR HERO WANT? #6: Revealing Your Hero’s Desires
Let’s finish this series by going through all the types of desires we’ve discussed, making certain that they don’t get confusing.
WHAT DOES YOUR HERO WANT? #5: Sameness
In this series of articles exploring the various goals your hero will pursue, all the desires have had one thing in common: they all serve to move your hero…
WHAT DOES YOUR HERO WANT? #4: Preliminary Goals and Ultimate Objectives
Defining your hero’s Outer Motivation can sometimes seem confusing because it can easily be mistaken for two of your hero’s other desires.
WHAT DOES YOUR HERO WANT? #3: Longings & Needs
The Outer Motivation answers the question, “What is my hero’s visible goal?” To discover your hero’s Inner Motivation ask, “Why does my hero want this?”
WHAT DOES YOUR HERO WANT? #2: Inner Motivations
As I discussed last time, the Outer Motivation is a character’s specific, visible goal. When we read or hear what it is, we can picture what achieving it would look like.