Conflict ideas

To be able to write a great book for readers to want to keep reading you need conflict. It help readers to get frustrated when your character encounters obstacles and they become relieved when the obstacle is overcome, they also feel triumphant or despair at the end if the character has succeed or failed.

Desire

What are your characters deepest desires? Try to imagine how they can obtain it and what obstacles they have to face. Examples do they have fulfillment in life, with self and wants. Home to own, have comfort and security. Stability what, money or debt free. Work are they self-employed, own their own business, or may be they work for someone else that they hate or enjoy. Happiness they want better health, family life or with self. Family relations are they supported, believed have conflict or no conflict, are the relationships good or bad, who are they not talking to, are they unsupported with illness, hospital or mental health problems, is their any betrayal, back stabbing or stealing.   

Relationships

Some times it good to take a look at your own past relationship that have or have not worked to get ideas, readers like more realistic story lines. Examples Work type, places trust and UN trust worthy. Friends how you met and where, are they close or keep at arm’s length. look at different reasoning for trustworthy with your own friends or maybe bad experience you have had. New Romance is it an old flame or someone you want but can’t have. Your partner has their been cheating, or lies is it long-term are they happy not happy, feel stuck are their children involved, are you already married but love someone else, is it true love or lust or do they have a hate love relationship. Maybe they have a love situation where they are threatened to be cut of from that person, what would their reaction be. Or could be where your made to choose between two people. could look at what major struggles their having with someone they hate and life in general.

Fears

Overcome particular fear habits this is great for readers because they want to find out what happens, the reader experience what the character is experiences. Examples Fear of betrayal from work collages stealing ideas causing you to lose your job. Loved one betrayal as going with one of your family members, or self destroying behaviors. Character fear they got to make drastic changes as they need to find who they are. Fear of greatest weakness they need to overcome or risk losing something or someone they care about. Research different fear and force your character to face it.