FILL: What is that?

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Original Posting 2021/10/15

I was poking around in some old files and found this list. I think it must be a list of possible actions or events for stories, and I think I added the ones after the dashes as possible alternatives? Anyway, I thought some of you might find it useful for brainstorming. When you want to think about what might happen next in your story… Run down the list and see what catches your eye, what kind of problem could your character be involved with?

Supplicate, ask for help – offer help, deliverance, rescue
victim of misfortune – receiving good fortune
disaster
abduction – eloping, running away, vacation
obtaining – giving away
hatred – love
rivalry – boosting
adultery – reinforcing marriage
madness – sanity
murder – saving lives, giving life
self-sacrifice – self-fulfillment, expression
dark secret – hidden abilities
love blocked – love aided
ambition – promoting others
revenge – good payback, forgiveness
pursuit – helping to freedom
revolt – support
daring expedition
mystery
fatal curiosity – curiosity repaid
mistaken jealousy
faulty judgment – mistaken forgiveness
remorse
recovery/loss

Something there for almost anybody!