Timeline for How to write a story without conflict, like "My Neighbour Totoro"?
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| Jun 19, 2018 at 11:26 | comment | added | coteyr | If the story is more about how he learned to gain the confidence to fight a lion it's man v.s. self, if the story is about the fight with the lion it's Man vs Man. again, these are really loose types. Man v.s. Man is defined as character v.s. character. Man v.s. nature was taught to me as character v.s. the elements. Keep in mind that this is an elementary school look (primary school) and not a "high school"/secondary school view. | |
| Jun 19, 2018 at 11:21 | comment | added | Edmund Frost | Man VS Self: what if your character demonstrates valuable power such as fighting a lion; but doesn’t recognise it as such because at the time, they are already focused on a stressful conflict? | |
| S Jun 18, 2018 at 15:57 | history | suggested | lly | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 18, 2018 at 11:46 | comment | added | Dan J. | There are multiple ways to classify conflict but I've never seen it limited to those three. Most lists at least include Man vs Society as well. Many lists include other variations, such as Man vs God (or Supernatural) and Man vs Technology. | |
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| Jun 18, 2018 at 8:42 | comment | added | Stian | Some stories even have Woman. :P | |
| Jun 18, 2018 at 2:05 | comment | added | coteyr | Both of those are Man v.s. Man. These are really rough types. Not meant to literally mean a human v.s. human. Totoro seems to be Man v.s. Self. Maybe with some Man v.s. nature. The main line of the story seems to be the girl coming to terms with the situation. | |
| Jun 18, 2018 at 1:57 | comment | added | Cœur | Those categories don't fit all: they assume it always resolves around a main character. And what about "Chucky" or "Christine" (Stephen King): not quite a natural phenomenon and not human either. | |
| Jun 18, 2018 at 1:28 | history | answered | coteyr | CC BY-SA 4.0 |