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The overall objective (or super-objective) is the answer to the question: What is the ultimate thing that “I” want from life?

Chubbuck¹¹1 Ivana Chubbuck, The Power of the Actor (East Rutherford: Penguin Publishing Group, 2005).  gives three requirements for a good overall objective (OO):

• simple: OO can be expressed in just a few words.
• basic/primal: OO relates to a core human need (love, survival, self-worth).
• active: character must be able to actively pursue OO

The overall objective is independent from any other character, unlike the scene objective.

Examples:

• To be respected
• To become powerful