formative

occurs when a character faces an obstacle to their central want or need and is used as a tool in literature to move the story forward.

• Conflict

• Climax

• Plot

• Setting.

a struggle within the character particularly in the mental, emotional, physical, or spiritual aspect

• Internal

• External

a struggle of the character against outside forces

• Internal

• External

a character might be conflicted with their own feelings or have two opposing goals.

• Person vs Self

• Person vs fate

• Person vs science

• Person vs nature

This is an ambiguous conflict type. Sometimes aspects of it get split up and parsed out among the other categories.

• Person vs Self

• Person vs fate (destiny/god)

• Person vs science

• Person vs nature

Also called man vs. man and protagonist vs. antagonist, this is the most common type of external conflict. It is clear and universally understood as a good vs. evil story in which an unambiguous challenger opposes the main character.

• Person vs Person

• Person vs Self

• Person vs nature

This type of conflict counters a character against some force of nature, such as an animal or the weather.

• Person vs Nature

• Person vs self

• Person vs robots

When a novel sets a character against a tradition, an institution, a law, or some other societal construct,

• Person vs self

• Person vs Naturre

• Person vs society

When science moves beyond human control,

• Person vs Technology

• Person vs Person

• Person vs nature

Vampires, werewolves, aliens, and ghosts – any typically unbelievable, supernatural, or inexplicable phenomena

• Person vs Supernatural

• Person vs self

• Person vs nature