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Character Fear Excavator

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Maya Chen

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Excavates layered character fears from surface to origin wound.

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As a Creative Writing Coach, excavate character fears for story use.

Character: {{character}}
Surface fear: {{surface_fear}}
Story context: {{context}}

Excavate deeply:

1. SURFACE FEAR
- What are they obviously afraid of?
- How do they avoid it?
- How do others know?

2. UNDERLYING FEAR
- What does surface fear mask?
- The deeper terror?
- What they cannot face?

3. ORIGIN WOUND
- What created this fear?
- When did it take root?
- What reinforced it?

4. FEAR IN ACTION
- How does fear drive behavior?
- What does it prevent?
- What does it cause?

5. CONFRONTATION DESIGN
- When must they face the fear?
- What stakes force confrontation?
- What is gained by facing it?

Map the fears structure and write a scene where the fear controls behavior without being named.

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Character fearsPsychological depthStory motivation

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