This Internal And External Conflict Planner is a 10-page printable PDF designed to help manga creators, novel writers, and storytellers build meaningful, layered conflict that strengthens character arcs and drives the plot forward. Whether you're shaping the challenges your protagonist must overcome, refining the opposing forces in your story world, or exploring how your OC struggles internally and externally, this planner gives you a structured and thoughtful way to understand the heart of your narrative tension.

THIS RESOURCE GUIDES YOU THROUGH…
Character Overview: Begin by grounding yourself in who your character is before the conflict unfolds. Reflect on their goals, determinations, and obstacles so you can clearly understand them.
Internal Conflict: Explore the struggles happening within your character. This section includes guided questions and writing areas to help you define fears, doubts, insecurities, desires, and the emotional forces that shape your character’s decisions.
External Conflict: Identify the outside forces working against your character. Use the prompts and writing boxes to map obstacles, antagonists, circumstances, threats, and story pressures that create visible tension.
Internal vs External Conflict in Your Story: Compare, contrast, and organise how both conflict types appear across your story. Identify key scenes, major turning points, and how both conflict threads escalate together.
Conflict Resolution: Clarify how everything comes together. Reflect on what your character learns, what changes, how the conflict breaks or resolves, and how these outcomes affect the story’s ending or future direction.

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WHO IT'S FOR:
Manga and comic creators.
Light novel and webnovel writers.
Fiction authors.
Students and teachers.
Any creator who wants a clear structure for planning conflict-driven storytelling.

Suitable for beginners and experienced creators who want to deepen the emotional and narrative impact of their work.

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WHAT MAKES THIS PLANNER SPECIAL?
This planner focuses on the core of meaningful storytelling: the tension between what a character feels inside and what they face in the world around them. With guiding questions, dedicated writing areas, and a clear progression from conflict setup to resolution, it gives both writers and artists a powerful tool for crafting strong, cohesive, character-driven narratives.

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