StoryGraph · Node types
Goal
Goal names what a character is driving toward — the objective that pulls the arc forward. Its point is whose objective it is, and what exactly they want.
GoalNode type
What a character is driving toward.
Goal fixes a character’s objective — the thing they’re after that gives the arc its direction. What matters is the viewpoint (whose goal) and the objective itself.
AffectsGives the arc a direction; the engine seeds the scene’s goal from it.
Wire itSet it early for a character; the beats that follow push toward or against it.
Parameters
POV (whose objective)
pov · textThe character who holds the goal.
AffectsTies the objective to a viewpoint.
Objectivetext
What the character wants.
AffectsThe engine seeds the scene’s goal from it.
Example
Reach the last unflooded archive before the Ministry does.Use-case variants
- Want — the surface objective the character pursues
- Need — the deeper objective they don’t yet see
A goal with no complication to resist it has no drama — pair it with a Complication.
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