Should a signpost be a dilemma or is being a problem enough?

[SharkCat]

@mlucas

I got the sense the MC is visualizing how a happy life could be implemented, and is running into trouble because he’s envisioning different things that are at odds with each other. Isn’t that what you were going for @SharkCat?

Yes.

@mlucas

Anyway I think the reason it’s hard to see how this works is because it needs to go down to the next level of what happens in the story.

I thought that part came after the basic PRCO stuff. I’m still stuck on making one thing lead to another without possibly bleeding into OS or RS (wanting to feel useful and to belong to a group despite raging anxiety would involve other people, so I don’t know what belongs in MC or not). It’s a holistic story form, so I don’t know if that’s part of the problem.