Character confliction is a key contributor to the conflict and excitement factor in your novel. If you strictly focus on action and fight scenes, your readers might bore of the same-old-same-old repetition. Adding internal confliction is just another layer to add to progress your story arc and character depth.
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when a building is gonna collapse/catch on fire will the protagonist save THE LOVE INTEREST THE PROTAGONIST HIM/HERSELF THE BEST FRIEND A PARENT SOMEONE CLOSE etc or
A LITTLE KID A PART OF THE PROTAGONISTS FAMILY THE BEST FRIEND etc
when having to chose between BEING HAPPY or SAVE GETTING SOME REST or BEING AWAKE TO PROTECT EVERYONE THEY'RE WITH (trust exercise) THEIR WANTS or THEIR NEEDS FULFILLING THEIR ABSOLUTE LIFE PURPOSE or CHASING FREEDOM PULLING THE PLUG or LETTING A LOVED ONE SUFFER FOR A LONGER TIME LYING TO NUMB SOMEONES PAIN AND LIVING WITH THE SECRET or SEEING A PERSON BE HURT BUT BEING FREE OF THE SECRET FREEDOM or PEACE FIGHTING or FLIGHTING
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INTERNAL CONFLICTS are mental, emotional or spiritual struggles a person faces
internal conflicts can be the MAIN CONFLICT with several external conflicts occurring throughout the story
the five main types are: MORAL, SEXUAL, RELIGIOUS, POLITICAL and LOVE
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an EXTERNAL CONFLICT is a problem, antagonism or struggle that takes place between a character and an outside force
external conflicts CAN CAUSEINTERNAL CONFLICTS
the five main types are CHARACTER vs: CHARACTER, SOCIETY, NATURE, TECHNOLOGY and SUPERNATURAL
