STALKER AND TARGET
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Relationships are part of the very fabric of your character’s life. How well or poorly they get along with others oftentimes comes down to personality, so carefully consider the positive traits and negative traits of your story’s cast. Another factor that can pull characters together or create friction is motivation, so keep each individual’s goal—both at the scene and story level—in mind as you write.
DESCRIPTION:
RELATIONSHIP DYNAMICS:
The stalker and target having no actual relationship
A stalker pursuing the target anonymously, from afar, without the other person knowing
The stalker remaining anonymous but making sure the target knows someone is pursuing them (by sending gifts, calling the target and hanging up when they answer, leaving notest, etc.)
A target and stalker who are aware of each other and knows who each other is
The stalker being violent, making demands, or making threats against the target
CHALLENGES THAT COULD THREATEN THE STATUS QUO:
The target filing a complaint and it being dismissed or not taken seriously
The stalker infiltrating the target's safe place (their home, a vacation getaway, etc.)
The target's children or pets being threatened or harmed
The target being blamed for the stalker's interest
The target wondering if the stalking is all in their head
The stalker disappearing without being apprehended, causing worry and anxiety for the target, who has no closure