Conflict: BEING MISTAKEN FOR SOMEONE ELSE

BEING MISTAKEN FOR SOMEONE ELSE

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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.

Someone propositioning the character because they think they're a prostitute

Being targeted for revenge by a person who thinks the character is someone who has hurt them

Someone starting a conversation with the character before realizing they're not who they thought they were

Closely resembling a criminal, sexual offender, or war criminal

The character being mistaken for a sibling

The character having a doppelgänger and constantly being confused with that person

Sharing a name with someone else and being mistaken for that person

Identity theft resulting in confusion over who the character is

Accusations of sharing sensitive information within a company when someone else was the one doing it
Being accused of infidelity when their doppelganger is spotted on a date with someone else
Being falsely accused of a crime
Being mistrusted until the truth is sorted out about the character and someone else not being connected
Getting mobbed by "fans"
Being warned (to repay a loan, keep their mouth shut, not involve the cops) because people determined to keep information quiet have the wrong guy
Being watched and monitored
Having one's house trashed or personal items messed with as someone seeks out sensitive information because they have misconnected the character with someone else
Being asked for favors because people believe the character is someone with influence
Being hounded for selfies, autographs, endorsement offers, etc. for looking like someone else

BEING MISTAKEN FOR SOMEONE ELSE

HELPFUL TIP:

CATEGORY:

EXAMPLES:

MINOR COMPLICATIONS:

POTENTIALLY DISASTROUS RESULTS:

RESULTING EMOTIONS:

POSSIBLE INTERNAL STRUGGLES:

PEOPLE WHO COULD BE NEGATIVELY AFFECTED:

NEGATIVE TRAITS THAT COULD MAKE THE SITUATION WORSE:

IMPACT ON BASIC NEEDS:

WOUNDS THIS COULD LEAD TO:

POSITIVE TRAITS TO HELP THE CHARACTER COPE:

POSITIVE OUTCOMES: