It’s not always just about satisfying a hunger. What about the nourishment and delight you get for your time and money?
The one rule for writing in which I truly believe: Every line of dialogue, every apple on every tree, every pot boiling over or empty letterbox, every character flaw – everything in our writing has a message for the reader whether we intend it or not.
I want to make a happy man miserable, and then pull him out of the other side.
Are our characters actions, and the personality we mean to give them, always congruent?
In your story – who knows what, and when?
Transactional Analysis can help with character development, as well as forming the basis for conflict.
…but you can get here from there.