# The Story Goal vs Throughline Goals

**URL:** <https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/the-story-goal-vs-throughline-goals/639>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [June 29, 2016, 3:58am UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/the-story-goal-vs-throughline-goals/639 "2016-06-29T03:58:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![RailwayAdventurer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@RailwayAdventurer](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/RailwayAdventurer)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2016, 3:58am UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/the-story-goal-vs-throughline-goals/639/1 "2016-06-29T03:58:40Z")

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I have a couple of questions regarding the “Story Goal.” I have heard mentions toward goals for all four through lines in addition to some mentions toward the “Story Goal.” It is mentioned in the Dramatica Theory book that characters that fit into the element archetypes, such as protagonist, antagonist, contagonist, skeptic, etc are concerned with the “Story Goal.” For example, the protagonist and whatever complex characters that have those same elements pursue the “Story Goal.” What I would like to know is which of the through line goals or concerns are considered the “Story Goal.” Is it the Overall Goal or can it be a different one?

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**Author:** ![jhull](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/discuss.dramatica.com/jhull/32/3_2.png) [@jhull](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/jhull)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2016, 4:31pm UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/the-story-goal-vs-throughline-goals/639/2 "2016-06-29T16:31:09Z")

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Have you seen this yet? [http://dramatica.com/questions/which-goal-is-the-story-goal](http://dramatica.com/questions/which-goal-is-the-story-goal)

Typically the `Overall Story Goal` is considered the “Story Goal”.

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**Author:** ![RailwayAdventurer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@RailwayAdventurer](https://discuss.dramatica.com/u/RailwayAdventurer)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2016, 6:40pm UTC](https://discuss.dramatica.com/t/the-story-goal-vs-throughline-goals/639/3 "2016-06-29T18:40:48Z")

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Thank you. That clears things up a lot.