1. Types of Conflicts

2. A problem that characters face in a story.
What is a conflict?
A problem that characters face in a story.
Often the climax of the story is connected to the solution to a conflict.
There are five types of conflicts.

3. Man Vs. Self
When a character has problem inside of themselves, an internal conflict
Examples
A small boy trains to make the team
A girl learns to respect herself

4. Two girls fight over a boy
Man Vs. Person
When a character has a problem with another character
Example
Two girls fight over a boy

5. Man Vs. Nature
When a character has a problem with weather, animals, or hunger.
Example
An Eskimo must fish in extreme cold to feed his baby.

6. Man Vs. Society
A character struggles against an issue affecting an entire community.
Examples
A woman refuses to move to the back of a bus because of the color of her skin.
A group of students fight the school over the dress code.

7. Man Vs. Supernatural
A character has a problem with ghosts, monsters, or things not of this world.
Super = Beyond Natural = this world
Example
A child thinks that his house is haunted...

8. Man vs. Fate/Circumstance
Example: Final Destination and Sleeping Beauty
The character struggles against fate, or the circumstances of life facing him/her.

9. Man vs. Technology/Machine
Example: The Terminator and Transformers
The character struggles with a conflict with a machine or some sort of technology.

10. Internal/External Conflicts
All conflicts are external except Man vs. Self.
Man vs. self is an Internal Conflict because it has to do with a character/ person having a conflict with themselves.