Sapphic Heat Worksheet
Desire and Obstacle
Worksheet 2
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Use when a scene has attraction but not enough friction.
Quick Diagnosis
- The characters want each other, but the wanting is too easy.
- The obstacle is external, but the emotional cost is thin.
- The scene could belong to any two attractive people.
Desire Map
Character A wants:
Character A cannot ask because:
Character B wants:
Character B cannot ask because:
Shared desire:
Visible obstacle:
Hidden obstacle:
Cost of honesty:
Friction sentence: This scene becomes charged because ______ wants ______, but ______.
Mini Example
Shared desire: both want the conversation to continue after everyone leaves.
Visible obstacle: one has a train to catch.
Hidden obstacle: staying would admit that the argument was never only about work.
Revision Check
- Desire is visible on the page.
- The obstacle has an emotional cost.
- The hidden obstacle is more interesting than the visible one.
- Honesty would change the relationship.