J_Scarbrough at 8:16AM, June 20, 2024

This was basically the entire plot of VAMPIRE GIRL: Levana was a vampire who didn't want to be a vampire, she wanted to be mortal, but didn't really know how that could be achieved, or what could be done to help her achieve it, while the obstacle that stood in her way was a pair of determined, yet incompetent vampire hunters who were out to destroy her simply for existing.

PaulEberhardt at 4:30AM, June 20, 2024

This want/need distinction is vitally important for writing interesting characters. Another thing to consider is that most characters like most real-life people are rather bad at telling the two apart, at least when it's about themselves; that's where the fun really starts. Btw.: https://tenor.com/bLzdq.gif

Andreas_Helixfinger at 3:20AM, June 20, 2024

I want to keep writing, but what i really need is to eat something^^

marcorossi at 12:34AM, June 20, 2024

Maybe you want a coffee, but you really need a beer! I like this distinction between want/need (I am a Save the Cat cultist) and the idea that the "want" is what motivates the external story and the "need" what motivates the internal story. Recently I had to follow a marketing course and the teacher spoke of transitional values and core values, that is a similar logic.