This post is part of the 📖 Building A Storybrand series.
Today, I am reading a new chapter HAS A PROBLEM from the book Building a StoryBrand written by Author, Donald Miller.
Yesterday, I read a section A CHARACTER from The Simple SB7 Framework chapter.
CHAPTER 5
The Three Levels of Conflict
The three levels of problems heroes (and customers) face are
- External Problems
- Internal Problems
- Philosophical Problems
In a story, a villain initiates an external problem that causes the character to experience an internal frustration that is, quite simply, philosophically wrong.
EXTERNAL PROBLEMS
In literature, a villain’s job is to wreak havoc on the hero, to place barriers between them and their desperate desire for stability.
But what does the existence of an external problem in a story have to do with branding? Well, most of us are in the business of solving external problems.
Brainstorming what external problems you solve will be the easiest part of creating your StoryBrand BrandScript.
INTERNAL PROBLEMS
Companies tend to sell solutions to external problems, but people buy solutions to internal problems.
In almost every story, the hero struggles with the same question: Do I have what it takes?
What stories teach us is that people’s internal desire to resolve frustration is a greater motivator than their desire to solve an external problem.
All brands concentrate on solving external problems whereas they need to address the internal problem too.
We will discuss the final problem PHILOSOPHICAL PROBLEMS tomorrow. See you soon.
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Author(s): Donald Miller
Part 14 of 34 in the 📖 Building A Storybrand book series.
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