Goals

Goals are what a character wants and is acting to get or achieve over the course of the novel. They drive every scene, giving the protagonist something to do to make the plot happen.

More information on goals

• Giving Your Characters a Goal
• Does Every Character Need the Same Goal?
• Keeping Goals and Motivations Fresh
• Three Questions to Get to the Heart of Your Story
• Goals-Conflicts-Stakes: Why You Need All Three

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Related topics: conflict, motivation, stakes