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Develop Your Antagonist
Too often writers focus on developing their protagonist and forget that the antagonist who puts that character into conflict must also be well developed. The first step in creating a fully-realized...
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Antagonists Are Real People Too
Antagonists are the sparring partners of the heroes in our novels. Years ago when I began to study fiction, I heard the admonition to make all characters, even the antagonist realistic. Good advice,...
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Characters And Their Struggles
A story needs characters, and generally one stands out as the central figure, the person about whom the events will revolve. I suggest the above description of a main character is a recipe for an...
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Bad Guys Need To Be Bad
The conventional wisdom today is that antagonists in fiction, in order to be believable, must have a “pet the dog” moment to show that they have a human side, that they are realistic, since real-life...
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