"Character motivations" refers to the reasons or desires that drive a character's actions and decisions in a story. It helps us understand why a character behaves the way they do and what they hope to achieve or avoid.
Sentences with «character motivations»
Had the filmmakers understood this subtle (cough cough, not subtle) difference in character motivation, we'd have a smoother running narrative engine. (freshfiction.tv)
It's not that the villains don't have a moral ethos; they barely have believable character motivations. (vox.com)
We do a lot of investigative text work where we talk about character motivation, back story, what it is that a character desires, what does the character fear. (backstage.com)