Super-objective
Also called superobjective, super objective
A super-objective is a character's overriding goal across the whole play, the want that all their smaller objectives in each scene work towards.
The idea comes from Stanislavski's system, and the chain of objectives leading towards it is called the through line.
In use
Her super-objective is to escape the village, so every scene objective has to serve that.
Last updated 4 Oct 2026
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