before my post, I've went to the supermarket: unfortunately potential was not accepted as cash in the register.
my glance on your 'doubts' is: structural thinking on characters is good until you start to write them,
or in another words, abstract combinations will never work beyond planning...
probably you're right. some unconscious level obstacle must be working against for you to have a feeling.
suppose your car is making noises, but not moving...
my first feeling from some kind of general glance about your story development problem presentation is that:
probably you are weighting too much importance on explaining how you 'see' the storytelling:
which naturally stimulates people to engage in a discussion from their point of view of your...