Inner Desire vs. Outer Desire: Examples
One of the most important steps of creating a story, from the very beginning—and for creating a satisfying CHARACTER ARC— is to identify these two opposing impulses:
—The protagonist’s conscious, overall OUTER DESIRE in the story
—And their secret, possibly even unconscious, INNER DESIRE.
You also hear this called “want and deep need” or “external desire a…
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