If you get stuck with your plot, just think - what is the worst possible thing that can happen to your protagonist?
And there you have it. Therein lies the drama - the stakes. Those stakes need to be internal (emotional) as well as external (world-changing) and they need to be as high as possible for the character because therein lies the secret of the hook--the thing which will keep your readers turning the pages until the end of the story.
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